The Baker's Daughter
by Sarah McCoy
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Pub Date Jan 24 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
In 1945, Elsie Schmidt was a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she was for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep in the dead of night on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger.
Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local magazine. Reba is perpetually on the run from memories of a turbulent childhood, but she’s been in El Paso long enough to get a full-time job and a fiancé, Riki Chavez. Riki, an agent with the U.S. Border Patrol, finds comfort in strict rules and regulations, whereas Reba feels that lines can often be blurred.
Reba’s latest assignment has brought her to the shop of an elderly baker across town. The interview should take a few hours at most, but the owner of Elsie’s German Bakery is no easy subject. Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story. For Elsie, Reba’s questions are a stinging reminder of darker times: her life in Germany during that last bleak year of WWII. And as Elsie, Reba, and Riki’s lives become more intertwined, all are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.
Advance Praise
"A
beautiful, heart-breaking gem of a novel written just the way I like them, with
the past coming back to haunt the present, endearing heroines and a sunny,
hopeful ending. You'll wolf it up in one delicious gulp.”--Tatiana de Rosnay, international bestselling author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept
"The Baker's Daughter was a constant warm
companion to me during cross-country travels, a novel I looked forward to
returning to night after night. The rare book in which the
modern-day story is as compelling as the wartime tale it contains, The Baker's Daughter offers a look at
Nazi Germany through the lens of the immigration issues of our own
time. El Paso, TX and Garmisch, Germany make for an unexpected
harmony of flavors.”--Jenna
Blum,
international bestselling author of The Stormchasers and Those Who Save Us
“A sensitive,
multilayered novel, this is a moving examination of the effect war and the
politics of exclusion, have on the human heart."--Amanda Hodgkinson, New York Times bestselling author of 22 Brittania Road
“A haunting and
beautiful story… Spanning sixty years, and taking on forms of human cruelty and
indifference ranging from the Nazis to modern-day immigration reform, McCoy
forces us to examine the choices we make. I was riveted from start to finish.”--J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Commencement and Maine
"This is a beautifully told, richly detailed story that grabs your heart from page one and keeps its hold long after the last page. It is a book to discuss, to share and ultimately to savor."--Sarah Jio, author of The Violets of March
"Elsie Schmidt
is the brave and unforgettable heroine of Sarah McCoy's beautifully written
tale of family, friendship, and love. The Baker's Daughter demonstrates how
the past can teach us--if only we will listen."--Kelly O'Connor McNees, author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
"Sarah McCoy's The Baker's Daughter explores what happens when our loyalties (to country, cause, family, religion) clash with our intuition. A complex braiding of mystery, history, and personality, this novel is engaging and wonderful."--Sheri Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of The Rapture of Canaan
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780307460189 |
| PRICE | 23.00 |
| PAGES | 304 |
