Louise Miller. (2016). The City Baker's Guide to Country Living. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Louise Miller. 2016. The City Baker's Guide to Country Living. Books on Tape.

Louise Miller, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living. Books on Tape, 2016.

Louise Miller. The City Baker's Guide to Country Living. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2016.

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"Mix in one part Diane Mott ­Davidson’s delightful culinary adventures with several tablespoons of Jan Karon’s country living and quirky characters, bake at 350 degrees for one rich and warm romance." —Library Journal
A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking
When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley, the cantankerous, sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn, offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her days at the club are numbered, Livvy accepts.
Livvy moves with her larger-than-life, uberenthusiastic dog, Salty, into a sugarhouse on the inn’s property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hired—to help Margaret reclaim the inn’s blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest.
 
With the joys of a fragrant kitchen, the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn, and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door, Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken, the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father, Livvy  comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought.
 
But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise, and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and flee—or stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expected—it could be even better.

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     June 20, 2016
     At the outset of Miller’s endearing debut, 32-year-old pastry chef Olivia Rawlings loses her job after she drops a tray of baked Alaska and starts a fire at the prestigious Boston club where she works. In need of comfort, she heads to Guthrie, Vt., to visit her best friend, Hannah Doyle, who lands her a job at the nearby Sugar Maple, a picturesque inn owned by the stern yet protective Margaret Hurley. As Olivia adjusts to her new life, her growing attachment to Margaret’s friends, the McCrackens—especially Martin, the fiddle-playing son—prompts her return to banjo and folk music. But even as she settles in and joins a contra dance band, she struggles to navigate the secrets, gossip, and long-held animosities that animate the town. Miller, a pastry chef herself, writes about food with vivid detail, but her rhythmic prose is even crisper when her interests converge: “From the stage you could see the lattice pattern the dances made, the couples weaving in and out like fluted strips of piecrust.” Miller also excels at characterization, revealing her protagonist’s complex pasts in subtle ways. Even minor characters such as Alfred, Olivia’s coworker at the Sugar Maple, and Henry, the ailing McCracken patriarch, are sharply drawn and memorable. Throughout, the novel’s empathetic spirit and unhurried pace allow it to grapple with grief, family, and belonging, while keeping the focus on Olivia’s difficult decisions. Agent: Alexandra Machinist, ICM Partners.

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   • content: You'll be craving a hearty wedge of apple pie by the time you finish listening to this breezy story about how Olivia Rawlings, an award-winning pastry chef to Boston's social elite, reinvents herself as the dessert baker for a Vermont country inn. The audiobook provides a comfortable stage for narrator Jorjeana Marie's impressive ability to spice up dialogue with a good measure of the characters' personalities. Listeners will sense the kindness hidden beneath the crustiness of the elderly inn owner as well as the insecurities that underlie Olivia's emotional connections with her new neighbors. When Olivia isn't mixing up a batch of fruity breakfast scones, she's practicing her banjo, walking in the crisp New England woods, and maybe even cooking up a little romance. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

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A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking
When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley, the cantankerous, sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn, offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her...

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