num_pages: 352
description: A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of homeand that sometimes the best things are found when you didnt even know you were lookingWhen Olivia Rawlingspastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner clubsets not just her flambed dessert but the entire building alight she escapes to the most comforting place she can think ofthe idyllic town of Guthrie Vermont home of Bag Balm the countrys longest-running contra dance and her best friend Hannah. But the getaway turns into something more lasting when Margaret Hurley the cantankerous sweater-set-wearing owner of the Sugar Maple Inn offers Livvy a job. Broke and knowing that her days at the club are numbered Livvy accepts.Livvy moves with her larger-than-life uberenthusiastic dog Salty into a sugarhouse on the inns property and begins creating her mouthwatering desserts for the residents of Guthrie. She soon uncovers the real reason she has been hiredto help Margaret reclaim the inns blue ribbon status at the annual county fair apple pie contest.With the joys of a fragrant kitchen the sound of banjos and fiddles being tuned in a barn and the crisp scent of the orchard just outside the front door Livvy soon finds herself immersed in small town life. And when she meets Martin McCracken the Guthrie native who has returned from Seattle to tend his ailing father Livvy comes to understand that she may not be as alone in this world as she once thought.But then another new arrival takes the community by surprise and Livvy must decide whether to do what she does best and fleeor stay and finally discover what it means to belong. Olivia Rawlings may finally find out that the life you want may not be the one you expectedit could be even better.
language: English
title: The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
publisher: Penguin Books