I loved this book and have eaten in 48 hours! The theme: a pastry competition to embody the new image of a large chain of high-end food stores. The former muse, wife of the founder, embodied the perfect housewife of the 60s: beautiful, thin, a genius of pastry and the ideal mother. In short, the perfect woman in the eyes of good numbers of housewives. Candidates in this competition are very different but united by a passion for baking. And with the assistance, it is the personal history of each of them evolving. And each character is revealed to itself through the competition. The writing is nice and fluid, the endearing characters without being cutesy. It does not predict a result of the novel. Special mention to the pages where the author describes the recipes Mrs Eaden. You would think a real cookbook 60s, we enjoy! It seems that the novel is 480 pages .... Ah?
