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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting, well written debut novel. Some great bread recipes too!<br/><br/>From back cover:<br/><br/>&quot;The life of thirty-one-year-old trophy wife Wynter Morrison suddenly changes course when her husband announces one evening that their marriage is over. Emotionally devast...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50070472">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Now here's a setting I can hang with: the Pacific Northwest.  Oh how I longed to be a pained divorcee, who could up and leave everything about her current metropolitan life and start anew in a small, rainy town.  Romance novel?  Yes, of course it is.  It has all the makings.  But it's a pretty damn ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61888904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a couple of this genre in the past year - (woman has fabulous marriage, woman discovers husband who cheats, woman re-discovers herself) and for the most part they're sweet and not terribly angst-y.<br/><br/>This book, though, differs in that the character is smart. Oh, she never knew tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40675983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for my book club.  It's about a woman who is separated from her husband and is working in a bread shop while she is trying to figure life out.  It was interesting enough although I had a hard time connecting with the main character.  Throughout the book there are recipes for different br...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40559775">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is perfect for a rainy Seattle day with a mug of hot chocolate.    I was pleased to find out that the bakery Wyn worked at does exist in a different context.  it's called the Macrina Bakery.  I loved reading her recipes, and I have picked up some of the books she talks about: Beard on Brea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50949738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ I enjoyed the book.  I didn't love the book. I was really interested in the kind of breads she was making.  There seemed to be a lot of characters that she tried to incorporate into the storyline that I thought she fell short on.  I would recommend the story for a simple read.  The story line has b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43365993">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished this book and I really, really enjoyed it. It made me feel like I wanted to work in a bakery, making all those lovely breads, feel the texture of the dough, smell the yeast. This book also has some bread recipes and bread baking tips written into the narration. <br/><br/>I only had o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75476239">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really good book for anyone who has ever fantasized about being a professional bread maker or just loves the process of making bread.  Wyn has to remake her life after her husband kicks her out of the house, and in the process regains her identity, listens to some great music, makes new fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71347641">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really surprised because I thought that I would love this book, but I found it rather boring. The character talked more about bread-making or her time in France than she did her marriage, when that was supposed to be what spawned her whole &quot;life transformation.&quot; She talked in detail of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64121793">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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