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Author: Alicia Bessette | Website
Alicia Bessette's first novel, A Pinch Of Love (also published as Simply From Scratch), became an international bestseller immediately upon publication. Library Journal called it “a strong, richly detailed debut novel, with a truly lovable heroine." Alicia was born and raised in central Massachusetts. A pianist and freelance writer, she and her husband, novelist Matthew Quick, live in New England.
Published Works & Book Reviews
A Pinch of Love
With a little bit of flour and a pinch of love, anything is possible...
Rose-Ellen "Zell" Carmichael Roy doesn't cook, but she wears her late husband Nick's camouflage apron every day. That's her widow style. It's been more than a year since Nick's tragic death during a post- Katrina relief mission in New Orleans, but Zell can't bring herself to move on. Then, a postman's error spurs her to enter a baking contest in the hopes of donating the grand prize to the hurricane survivors in Nick's memory. After Zell's first attempt at baking goes embarrassingly awry, she meets Ingrid Knox-her motherless nine-year-old neighbor-and the two forge an unlikely friendship that will alter both their lives forever.
Reviewer: Aquaflame64
Review: Jan 18, 2012
Genre(s): Mainstream / General
I've never been in love before, and I've never had to lose someone I've been in love with. Thanks to this book I have an idea of what it would be like though. The author is able to do a brilliant job of conveying emotions, and all the characters are so developed that you feel their pain and their hope. To me this is the sign of a brilliant author. When I'm able to pick up a book and be transported to another