by Nina George
First published 2017
Heartbroken Marianne Messmann flees her German home for the peaceful shores of Brittany. In the sleepy seaside town of Kerdruc, she stumbles upon a struggling bistro and decides to breathe new life into the kitchen. As Marianne rediscovers her passion for cooking, she draws the locals into her orbit, learning to embrace the quiet wonder of small-town life. But Marianne's new happiness is threatened when her estranged daughter arrives, bent on luring her mother back home. In the end, Marianne must choose between the family she left behind and the connections she's forged in her adopted Breton community.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Brittany, Germany, Kerdruc
Period: 21st-century
299 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown Book Group UK