MY THOUGHTS:
As the Nazis arrive in Paris many fled to save their lives. The high ranking Nazis in charge take over the beautiful and ornate Hotel Lutetia. The French left the beautiful hotel including Coralie, the hotel’s pastry chef. Soon, she is offered an opportunity to come back to the hotel on Sundays and begin making her pastries again. She accepts the offer and returns to hotel and she becomes an informant for the resistance. Present day, Raven is shipped off to spend the summer with her grandmother, whom she barely knows. Raven finds an old leather-bound book full of handwritten recipes and coded numbers. As Coralie begins to tell Raven of the experiences during the war their relationship grows. The old recipe book holds more than just recipes but also brings healing to Coralie from all those years ago.
The Resistance Bakery, written by author Siobhan Curham is a phenomenal story love and family. I loved everything about this book, from Coralie’s stories of yesterday to Raven and the bond she made with the grandmother she barely knew. This rapid read had me flying through the pages unable to put this book down, I sailed through the amazing end. This was an emotional read from tears to making my hear happy, it hit all the feels. Curham is an exceptional author that pulls the reader into the story from the first page to the last. She is an auto-buy author for me as I am always encouraged and uplifted by her stories. I loved the Resistance Bakery and I highly recommend it.
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DESCRIPTION:
THE RESISTANCE BAKERY
Author: Siobhan Curham
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: September 24, 2024
Pages: 456
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Paris, 1943. The scent of fresh baguettes hangs in the air as Coralie unbolts the door to her bakery with trembling fingers. She must get out of the city. Hiding her precious leather recipe book inside her coat, she promises never to let the secret locations of the people she worked tirelessly to save fall into German hands…
Present day. Raven is unhappy about being shipped off to the other side of the country for the summer to stay with the mysterious French grandmother she barely knows. And discovering a tattered, leather-bound book with yellowed pages full of handwritten recipes and coded numbers, she is stunned.
Her grandmother has never baked for her. And she refuses to talk about Paris, or the past. Flipping through the book, a faded photograph of a laughing couple falls out. As Raven scans the writing on the back she can scarcely believe her eyes…
What really happened in that tiny French bakery all those years ago? And could this forgotten recipe book finally bring healing to a woman still haunted by wartime secrets? Or has Raven’s discovery shattered any chance of bonding with her grandmother, before her time runs out?
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