Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes
by:
Jenny Colgan (author)
Having grown up in an apartment above her Grandpa Joe's little bakery, Issy Randal has always known how to make something sweet. She's much better at baking than she is at filing, so when she's laid off from her desk job, Issy decides to open up her own little café. But she soon learns that her...
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Having grown up in an apartment above her Grandpa Joe's little bakery, Issy Randal has always known how to make something sweet. She's much better at baking than she is at filing, so when she's laid off from her desk job, Issy decides to open up her own little café. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake plan will take all her courage and confectionary talent to avert disaster. Funny and sharp, Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe is about how life might not always taste like what you expect, but there's always room for dessert!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402281808 (1402281803)
ASIN: 1402281803
Publish date: July 2nd 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Foodie
Series: At the Cupcake Café (#1)
When Issy Randall is laid off from her job, she takes her severance pay and opens a Cupcake Cafe that will display all the wonderful recipes she’s inherited from her grandfather. It’s not an easy task for Issy who must immediately learn how to budget, plan, task and manage a business all on her own....
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This book is an excellent cupcake: light, full of flavour and with just the right amount of sweetness to make you smile. This was my first Jenny Colgan book. My wife bought it for me because I’d said that it was good to see a novel that set out simply to bring its readers some happiness. The book ...
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