HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 06830011B50594

English Summary/英文概要： In a novel as warm and embracing as a family kitchen, Barbara O’Neal explores the poignant, sometimes complex relationships between mothers and daughters—and the healing magic of homemade bread.

Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramona’s bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. She’s one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmother’s rambling Victorian and everything she’s worked so hard to build.

When Ramona’s soldier son-in-law is wounded in Afghanistan, her daughter, Sophia, races overseas to be at his side, leaving Ramona as the only suitable guardian for Sophia’s thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Heartbroken, Katie feels that she’s being dumped again—this time on the doorstep of a woman out of practice with mothering.

Ramona relies upon a special set of tools—patience, persistence, and the reliability of a good recipe—when rebellious Katie arrives. And as she relives her own history of difficult choices, Ramona shares her love of baking with the troubled girl. Slowly, Katie begins to find self-acceptance and a place to call home. And when a man from her past returns to offer a second chance at love, Ramona discovers that even the best recipe tastes better when you add time, care, and a few secret ingredients of your own.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部温暖人心的作品，散发着家庭厨房般的温馨气息。芭芭拉.奥尼尔探讨了母女之间辛酸尖刻，有时甚至是复杂的关系，以及自制烘焙面包的神奇治愈力。

专业烘焙师雷蒙拉.加拉格尔掌握着一门技艺，而这么技艺帮助她度过了最动荡不安的岁月，其中包括十五岁怀孕生子以及处理永无止尽的家庭斗争。但是现在雷蒙拉面包店面临着在她的手中倒闭的危险。准确地说，她将面临巨大的灾难，不仅会失去祖母从维多利亚时期遗留下来的产业，就连她辛辛苦苦经营的一切也都将毁于一旦。

雷蒙拉的士兵女婿在阿富汗战场负伤，她的女儿索菲亚跨海越洋赶到丈夫身边。而她则曾为唯一一个能够担负起养育女儿那十三岁继女的重任的人。凯蒂心碎不已，觉得自己再次遭到抛弃，而这一次则遇到了一个根本缺乏育儿经验的女人。

叛逆的凯蒂终于来了，雷蒙拉只能依赖于一系列特殊的方法—包括耐心、毅力以及美味的饭菜。随着雷蒙拉重新体验充满艰难抉择的过去，她开始和那个麻烦不断的小女孩分享自己对烘焙艺术的热爱。

渐渐地，凯蒂开始接受自己，并找到了一个可以称之为家的地方。昔日的一位情人来到雷蒙拉身边，再一次向她示爱。她发现只要自己愿意付出时间，并加入一些不为人知的“调料”，即使是最好的烹饪也能再次锦上添花。(XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：“Utterly magical and fantastically sensual. It’s as dark and deep and sweet as chocolate. With an elegant and descriptive style. Barbara O’Neal has written a haunting ode to food and forgiveness. A total triumph.”---Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author

“How to Bake a Perfect Life is Barbara O’Neal’s gift to her readers, an ode to love in all its forms. Told in recipes and laughter, tears and dashed dreams and triumphs, this book will have you smiling and cryin gand pining for an old love, or just a hunk of really good fresh‐baked bread. I loved every single delicious bite.”---Jennie Shortridge, Author of When She Flew

“A delectable banquet for the reader, celebrating the things that matter most– family, friendship, food and the healing power of love. This book is as delicious as the recipes interspersed throughout an unforgettable story.”---Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author

About the Author/作者介绍： 芭芭拉.奥尼尔创作了一大批备受赞誉的小说，包括《如何打造完美生活》和《遗失的幸福秘诀》，并一举拿下了2010年美国言情小说奖（RITA AWARD)。至此，作者已经是第六次夺得该奖项。在她刚刚二十出头之际，芭芭拉就售出人生中的第一部小说，并以芭芭拉.塞缪尔和露丝.温德这两个笔名出版发行。芭芭拉的作品销路广泛，已经卖到意大利、澳大利亚、新西兰、法国、德国以及波兰等多个国家。除了写作，芭芭拉兴趣广泛，喜爱橄榄油、桃子、可口的麦芽酒、园艺以及各种各样体型庞大的狗。此外，她还是一名长途步行者，曾在2010年迈上了圣雅各朝圣者之路(Camino de Santiago de Compostela），并完成了部分旅程。她希望在不远的的将来可以把余下的旅途走完。虽然出生于科罗拉多州，但是目前她和爱人—一名英国籍耐力运动员—以及四只无家可归的动物住在派克峰附近。

Barbara O’Neal fell in love with food and restaurants at the age of fifteen, when she landed a job in a Greek café and served baklava for the first time. She sold her first novel in her twenties, and has also published under the names Barbara Samuel and Ruth Wind. Since then she has won a plethora of awards, including two Colorado Book Awards and six prestigious RITAs, including one for The Lost Recipe for Happiness. Her novels have been widely published in Europe and Australia, and she travels all over the world, presenting workshops, hiking hundreds of miles, and, of course, eating. She lives with her partner, a British endurance athlete, and their collection of cats and dogs, in Colorado Springs.

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