Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery: A Novel

by Jenny Colgan

Overview

For fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Jojo Moyes, and Jane Green, Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery is an irresistible novel—moving and funny, soulful and sweet—about happiness, heartache, and hope. And recipes.

A thriving bakery. A lighthouse to call home. A handsome beekeeper. A pet puffin. These are the things that Polly Waterford can call her own. This is the beautiful life she leads on a tiny island off the southern coast of England.

But clouds are gathering on the horizon. A stranger threatens to ruin Polly’s business. Her beloved boyfriend seems to be leading a secret life. And the arrival of a newcomer—a bereft widow desperately searching for a fresh start—forces Polly to reconsider the choices she’s made, even as she tries to help her new friend through grief.

Unpredictable and unforgettable, this delightful novel will make you laugh, cry, and long for a lighthouse of your own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062371249
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/22/2016
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	175,301
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.

Editorial Reviews

An evocative sweet treat.”  — Jojo Moyes on Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe

“Funny, magical and moving.”  — Time Out on Little Beach Street Bakery

“A bright, lighthearted romantic comedy ready for filming.” — Kirkus Reviews on 500 Miles from You

“I loved Little Beach Street Bakery. Losing myself in Jenny Colgan’s beautiful pages is the most delicious, comforting, satisfying treat I have had in ages.” — Jane Green

“Like all of Jenny Colgan’s books, Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe is sheer indulgence from start to finish.” — Sophie Kinsella

From the Publisher

Funny, magical and moving.” 

Time Out on Little Beach Street Bakery

I loved Little Beach Street Bakery. Losing myself in Jenny Colgan’s beautiful pages is the most delicious, comforting, satisfying treat I have had in ages.

Jane Green

Like all of Jenny Colgan’s books, Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe is sheer indulgence from start to finish.

Sophie Kinsella

An evocative sweet treat.” 

Jojo Moyes on Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe

An evocative sweet treat.” 

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Praise for Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe: “Jenny Colgan’s Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe is an evocative sweet treat.

Jojo Moyes

2016-01-10
Plucky Polly Waterford wants a simple life of baking treats at the Little Beach Street Bakery and cozying up her home, a run-down lighthouse she shares with a beekeeper boyfriend and pet puffin. Colgan (Little Beach Street Bakery, 2015, etc.) offers her latest literary confection, the tale of Polly, whose plan to buy the quaint Little Beach Street Bakery is derailed when its current owner dies. This leaves room for greedy, meddling heirs who put profits above pastries, forcing Polly to grapple with how to maintain both her job and her integrity. She never has to make that choice, though, as she's fired after showing up for work covered in puffin vomit. (Shockingly, the new boss isn't a fan of Polly's puffin, who regularly visits the bakery.) With the help of her hunky beau, Polly ventures out on her own with a mobile bakery. Reading more like a romantic-comedy movie script than a novel, this formulaic tale has all the requisite elements of a boppy chick flick. There's the forced merriment of the pub scene where a cast of tipsy friends laughs at their own sloshy jokes. There's the daffy part when Polly bargains with the bumbling owner of "Nan the Van." (She offers more money than he wants…crazy, right?) And there's that time when Polly and her ex-boyfriend's widow dance together while baking. While there's no shortage of quirkiness, the missing ingredient in this novel is plot. Polly simply goes through her paces and gives readers little reason to turn pages and root for her. Colgan has a wide fan base who find her light novels as warm and delicious as the sweets in her books. Her latest, though, is half-baked.

Kirkus Reviews