How to bake a perfect life

a novel
Barbara O'Neal
Book - 2011

Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramona<U+2019>s bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. She<U+2019>s one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmother<U+2019>s rambling Victorian and everything she<U+2019>s worked so hard to build. When Ramona<U+2019>s soldier son-in-law is wounded in Afghanistan, her daughter, Sophia, races overseas to be at his side, leaving Ramona as the only suitable guardian for Sophia<U+2019>s thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Heartbroken, Katie feels that she<U+2019>s being dumped again<U+2014>this time on the doorstep of a woman out of practice with mothering. Ramona relies upon a special set of tools<U+2014>patience, persistence, and the reliability of a good recipe<U+2014>when rebellious Katie arrives. And as she relives her own history of difficult choices, Ramona shares her love of baking with the troubled girl. Slowly, Katie begins to find self-acceptance and a place to call home. And when a man from her past returns to offer a second chance at love, Ramona discovers that even the best recipe tastes better when you add time, care, and a few secret ingredients of your own.

Saved in:

Holdings -

Central

Barcode Status Material Type CallNumber Availability
37413312913397 Available Adult Fiction ONEAL  Place a Hold
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neal, Barbara, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2011.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000008a 4500
001 405172
005 20200806132200.0
008 100813s2011 nyu 000 1 eng
010 |a  2010033811 
020 |a 9780553386776 (pbk.) 
020 |a 0553386778 
035 |a (OCoLC)606763698 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d BTCTA 
049 |a UAGA 
082 0 0 |a 813/.54  |2 22 
092 0 |a ONEAL 
100 1 |a O'Neal, Barbara,  |d 1959- 
245 1 0 |a How to bake a perfect life :  |b a novel /  |c Barbara O'Neal. 
260 |a New York :  |b Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks,  |c 2011. 
300 |a p.  |c cm. 
520 |a Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramona<U+2019>s bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. She<U+2019>s one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmother<U+2019>s rambling Victorian and everything she<U+2019>s worked so hard to build. When Ramona<U+2019>s soldier son-in-law is wounded in Afghanistan, her daughter, Sophia, races overseas to be at his side, leaving Ramona as the only suitable guardian for Sophia<U+2019>s thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Heartbroken, Katie feels that she<U+2019>s being dumped again<U+2014>this time on the doorstep of a woman out of practice with mothering. Ramona relies upon a special set of tools<U+2014>patience, persistence, and the reliability of a good recipe<U+2014>when rebellious Katie arrives. And as she relives her own history of difficult choices, Ramona shares her love of baking with the troubled girl. Slowly, Katie begins to find self-acceptance and a place to call home. And when a man from her past returns to offer a second chance at love, Ramona discovers that even the best recipe tastes better when you add time, care, and a few secret ingredients of your own. 
586 |a RITA Award, Novel with Strong Romantic Elements, Romance Writers of America, 2012. 
650 0 |a Mothers and daughters  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Parenting  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women  |x Conduct of life  |v Fiction. 
690 4 |a RITA Award. 
655 0 |a Domestic fiction. 
998 |a 2010.11.01 
999 f f |i 60398765-2062-5463-b04f-045d74385384  |s bd0b54d2-0d29-5c66-81ab-d5a1ea3ae131  |t 0 
952 f f |p Standard Circulation  |a City of Spokane  |b Spokane Public Library  |c Branches  |d Central  |t 0  |e ONEAL  |h Other scheme  |i Adult Fiction  |j None  |m 37413312913397