What a strange, quirky and engaging story!
The novel tells the story of Lois, an IT worker in San Francisco whose job is taking over her life. She works and, in the evenings, has the same spicy soup and sourdough bread made by two brothers at a local restaurant. When the brothers leave her with their sourdough starter, a bubbling and yeasty concoction with a life of its own, Lois' world is changed forever. She embraces baking, caring for her new charge and develops a whole new perspective on life.
I really enjoyed this story, although I really wasn't sure what was going to happen at all; towards the end, it all gets very odd but absolutely compelling as you really want to know what happens to Lois and her sourdough starter!
This is a definite feel-good book, although it steers clear of being cutesy and schmaltzy. Instead it is unusual and engaging and absolutely unlike anything else you will have read.
The novel tells the story of Lois, an IT worker in San Francisco whose job is taking over her life. She works and, in the evenings, has the same spicy soup and sourdough bread made by two brothers at a local restaurant. When the brothers leave her with their sourdough starter, a bubbling and yeasty concoction with a life of its own, Lois' world is changed forever. She embraces baking, caring for her new charge and develops a whole new perspective on life.
I really enjoyed this story, although I really wasn't sure what was going to happen at all; towards the end, it all gets very odd but absolutely compelling as you really want to know what happens to Lois and her sourdough starter!
This is a definite feel-good book, although it steers clear of being cutesy and schmaltzy. Instead it is unusual and engaging and absolutely unlike anything else you will have read.