Joséphine
Written on Jan 24, 2017
Initial thoughts: I liked the descriptions of the food and enjoyed the glimpse into the main character and her work to establish the bakery she runs. Other than that, I didn't the book particularly memorable. The narration felt like comforting noise to accompany me while taking care of chores. The plot jumped between the present and flashbacks to the past but while things in the present sort of held my interests, everything from the past from the 1930s to 50s came across as somewhat bland. The prose did little to excite me and the details of the story lacked dramatic tension.