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  • Little Beach Street Bakery

  • Little Beach Street Bakery Series #1
  • By: Jenny Colgan
  • Narrated by: Veida Dehmlow
  • Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (954 ratings)

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Little Beach Street Bakery

By: Jenny Colgan
Narrated by: Veida Dehmlow
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Publisher's summary

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

Critic reviews

"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)

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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.

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A Bakery You Wish You Could Go To

Delightful story with likable characters. The baking description are so real, you smell the bread and wish you had a loaf with you.

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Fun story

A woman rebuilding her life. She is a little too meek for my tastes but she did get me on her side.

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sign me up to move there!moving there!

l loved it so very much, it reminds me if OBX I want to sit in her Cafe hand have a sweet bread with but just be perfect

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Love it! Well worth the time to listen.

Love it! Well worth the time to listen. I've found a fun new author to enjoy!

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Great story

This story was lovely and fun. I’m in love with Neil! The narrator was hood also. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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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.

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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!!

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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.

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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?

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