The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted: A Novel
Heidi is still reeling from the death of her husband, Henry, two years earlier. Heidi can�t bring herself to return to the bakery she and Henry ran, and her son, Abbott, is consumed with grief, which is manifesting itself through his obsessive-compulsive behavior. Heidi�s mother believes she knows the perfect cure and sends them, along with Heidi�s gloomy and sullen 16-year-old niece Charlotte, hiding her own secrets and miseries, to their family home in Provence, where Heidi hasn�t been since she was 13. The house has been in Heidi�s family for generations and has long been viewed as a living, breathing force that brings miracles. Heidi is initially tasked with the repairs and upgrades to the house, but it, along with her elderly neighbor and her neighbor�s son, starts to repair Heidi and Abbott and Charlotte and bring them closer together to form a new family unit. A tearjerker of a novel for both foodies and fans of tightly knit family stories. --Hilary Hatton