Little Beach Street Bakery

Little Beach Street Bakery Series #1

De: Jenny Colgan

Narrado por: Veida Dehmlow

Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to move miles away from everyone, to a sleepy little seaside resort in Cornwall, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop. And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favorite hobby: making bread.

But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local beekeeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes...and people start to hear about it. Sometimes bread really is life...and Polly is about to reclaim hers.

©2014 Jenny Colgan (P)2015 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This confection of a novel...will please her fans and can be recommended to readers who enjoy novels by Jill Mansell and Jojo Moyes." ( Booklist)

relaxing

the narrative voice was a wonder to listen to. so calming and expressive. the story was full of love, heart ache, and triumph. two thumbs up, and it's a must to listen to.

Sweet story

The story is sweet, nice beach/coast story. But the narrators male voices....ugh. I kept going because I wanted to know the end! But the make voices needed work!!

Great story probably better read

This was a great light romance. I love the baking theme with it. Loved the characters. The person reading had terrible voices. It made it hard to listen to.

Lovely story; needs a better narrator.

The story is lovely, with great descriptions of the land and sea. Some of the characters need more in depth development, a little less absurdity, though this is possibly due to the tone of narration. The narrator does well enough with the female voices, but is dreadful with the male ones, especially Huckle’s “southern” accent. Possibly think of using a male for those characters in the future?

Cute story, tough narration

This is a great little story and I'm so glad it's a series with the same characters - can't wait to start book 2! But the narration is tough. I normally love listening to Brit Lit bc of the narrator's accent but this one's voice sounded too mature for the characters and the attempt at American accents was not well executed. It was tough to listen to at times. That said, it's worth muddling through bc the story is sweet and engaging. Be warned about the narration but give it a listen anyway!

Might Have A Been A Good Story

This might have been a good story but I couldn’t get past the narrators voice! She made all the main characters sound so old (not the 30 somethings they were) and poor Huckle sounded like moronic buffoon! I had to stop listening after about the 5th chapter. I think the storyline was good, it I’ll never know how it turned out. Poor choice of narrator.

Sweet

Setting: Near Plymouth, Cornwall, England Contemporary
Genre: Chick-lit, romance
After both her professional life and long-time romance do a crash-and-burn, Polly finds herself single, jobless, and living on a small allowance from the bank pending the sale of the posh apartment she owned with her ex. Having no where safe and affordable to live, she ends up in a short term lease of a flat on a tidal island off Cornwall. This may, or may not, be a good thing. On the one hand, she has a cheap, though crappy, flat. On the other, her ability to come and go are dependent on the tide, making getting employment difficult. On the one hand, there are some really nice people around, while on the other she has the landlady from hell. And she can get stress-relief through her long-time hobby of baking, but the local baker who happens to the aforementioned landlady, has forbidden her selling, bartering, or even giving away her product. Such a conundrum.
This story has some interesting characters besides Polly. The very elegant Karensa, Polly's BFF, begs her not to move to move so far from Plymouth. Mrs. Manse is the evil landlady who wants to curtail Polly's activities. Tarnie is the captain of the fishing boat Trochilis who becomes a friend. Huckle is the American beekeeper who lives on the mainland side of town and provides the honey. Reuben is Huckle's very rich, very boastful, very magnanimous friend. There are a number of locals, as well as incomers, who add to the story. Oh, and there's Neil.
This is a cute little book, with both humor and pathos. The main plot is about a woman finding her niche, not just in the town, but in the wider world. There are a couple of relational subplots, and a huge point of action. What there isn't is sex. I mean, a kiss then your imagination. There are different kinds of kisses, and what's described here could be a quick peck on your grandma's cheek. Descriptions of people are missing or incomplete. You get a sense of the personality, but not the body it inhabits. And the whole package effects your perception of character motivation, so that lack has an effect on the story. Now, the descriptions of the environment and the placement of things within it are rich with detail. You can almost be there in your mind. It really is too bad you can't adequately populate it. There are also a couple of jerks into an alternate point of view that pulled me out of the story.
Over all though, this was a sweet little story I quite enjoyed.

Great characters!

Loved this book! Better than the last Jenny Colgan book I read and I liked that one too!! Real people with real lives, well maybe Ruben and Colenza were outlandish but they were fun!

The amazing description of the scenery and the environment

The most annoying thing was the narrator’s voice especially for Huckle… it was so jarring! I think Elidth Beaton is an excellent narrator and creates very believable characters…. essentially for Jenny Colman’s books.

Cute, quirky, charming

If you’re looking for low stress and high comfort, this book is like a warm hug, truly. This is my first intro into Jenny Colgan and I was not disappointed. Narrator did lovely on Polly’s POV but the accents and male narrations were hard to listen to.