# The Little Italian Bakery

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- Book: [The Little Italian Bakery](https://www.bookquiver.com/valentina-cebeni/the-little-italian-bakery) ([The Little Italian Bakery.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/valentina-cebeni/the-little-italian-bakery.md))
- Authors: [Valentina Cebeni](https://www.bookquiver.com/valentina-cebeni), [Katy Sobey](https://www.bookquiver.com/katy-sobey)
- Publisher: abacus
- ISBN: 978-03-4914-198-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-03-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Friendship, food and romance await on this magical Italian island. It's the perfect summer read. 'A true feast for the senses' Jenny Ashcroft, author of Beneath a Burning Sky 'A bit of sunshine and romance and a whiff of ethereal mystery. What's not to like?' Trip Fiction The scent of freshly baked biscuits, lemon and aniseed reminds Elettra of her mother's kitchen. But her mother is in a coma, and the family bakery is failing. Elettra is distraught; she has many unanswered questions about her mother's childhood - Edda was a secretive woman. The only clue is a family heirloom: a necklace inscribed with the name of an island. Elettra buys a one-way ticket to that island, just off the coast of Sardinia. Once there, she discovers a community of women, each lost in their own way. They live in a crumbling convent, under threat from the local mayor and his new development plan. It is within the convent's dark corridors and behind its secret doors that Elettra discovers a connection to her mother's past. She also falls in love again: with friendship, baking and adventure. **Features real recipes throughout including aniseed bread, rose- and honey-infused wine and spiced biscuits**