Sweet Expectations

Authors: Taylor, Mary Ellen
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC044000, FIC022000, FIC066000
ISBN: 9781101626245, Related ISBNs: 0425259706, 1101626240, 9780425259702, 9781101626245
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Daisy McCrae knows that change can be sudden—and devastating. And while it doesn’t have to be a bad thing, change has the power to turn your whole world upside down....
 
Running the family bakery and living in the store’s attic might not be Daisy’s dream life, but she’s beginning to understand what being content feels like. And then she gets some unexpected news. In one moment, Daisy’s calm existence turns into chaos. Now she’s struggling to keep it together, especially with renovations at the bakery spiraling out of control.
 
But when a box of recipes and mementos is found hidden behind a wall in the bakery, Daisy suddenly has something to cling to—a mystery that echoes her own troubles and gives her the opportunity to figure out what she really wants out of life....
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