When she is given the opportunity to move to a remote tidal island off the Cornish Coast, Marisa Rossi decides some peace and quiet might be just what she needs. De personages worden erg mooi en levendig omschreven, hun karakters en de zaken waarmee ze worstelen worden sterk en realistisch uitgewerkt, je gaat met hen meeleven en de dialogen zijn scherp, grappig en soms serieus, waardoor je ze nog beter leert kennen en er soms onverwachte onthullingen naar boven komen. Vooral de nieuwe relatie die tussen Marisa en haar grootmoeder ontstaat is hartverwarmend en zorgt voor meer begrip, connectie en vertrouwen waardoor ze extra stappen kan zetten. Iedereen heeft eigen hordes die overwonnen moeten worden, zelfs de mensen die alles perfect voor elkaar lijken te hebben, maar met de hulp van (nieuwe) vrienden, familie en de gemeenschap kom je een heel eind. I found a few inconsistencies in this book. Every time a new character was introduced, they were first introduced by name without explanation. Then later the character was introduced with name + description which was unnecessary at that point. Lowin, Rueben and Kerensa's son, is introduced as being "almost 8" when it's nearly spring. Later it says his birthday is on Christmas which means he just turned 8. His birthday party, in summer, is his HALF birthday party. Jayden's wife is introduced as Florrie first and then later Flora. The repetition of character introduction could have been trimmed along with lots of subplot to make the book a bit shorter.

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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Whenever a new Jenny Colgan (or Milly Johnson) book comes out I promise myself that I will savor it THIS time instead of inhaling it like a greedy child. AND as always, I stayed up until 1:00am totally devouring it until I was finished reading. Now, a month later after finishing listening to Beth O'Leary's "The Road Trip", I got to listen to this awesome story. With each book, Jenny Colgan continues to hone her craft and each book just gets better and better. Well, with the caveat that "The Endless Beach" will always be my absolutely favorite Colgan of all time. I could relate to Maria's anxiety and fears. I've never been that extreme myself but I didn't leave the neighborhood or go indoors for MONTHS in 2020 even after things opened up a bit more. I can relate to being shy with noisy neighbors who drive one crazy and being at wit's end to get them to stop without talking to them. Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them. Wat was het een aangename verrassing dat Jenny Colgan haar lezers nog een keer meeneemt naar Mount Polbearne voor een nieuw avontuur, want door de vorige boeken ben ik een beetje gaan houden van dit prachtige getijdeneiland en zijn bewoners. Het leven is er niet altijd gemakkelijk, maar iedereen zorgt voor elkaar, houdt de moed erin en gebroken harten kunnen er worden geheeld. Een boek van haar voelt voor mij vaak als een warme deken en dat is nu niet anders, ook dit vierde deel in de serie over de kleine bakkerij is een ontzettend fijne, sprankelende feelgood!

Retreating further and further from normal life, she moves to the end of the earth—the remote tidal island of Mount Polbearne, at the foot of Cornwall, hoping for peace and solitude, whilst carrying on her job as a registrar, dealing with births, weddings, and deaths, even as she feels life is passing her by. But Mount Polbearne is a far cry from the sleepy little place she was imagining. Between her noisy piano-teaching Russian neighbour and the hustle and bustle of a busy community, Marisa finds solitude is not so easy to come by. Especially when she finds herself somehow involved with a tiny local bakery desperately in need of some new zest to save it . . .Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of November in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Rueben and Kerensa are kind of throw away characters. They're obnoxious, more than ever now they have a kid. Rueben still throws money away like it's grass and Kerensa tries to keep up with the horrid mothers and rich witches. Neither of them set a good example for their kid. No wonder he's a spoiled brat. At first Lowin reminded me of Dudley Dursley but by the time his party rolled around, I could see he just wanted to be a normal kid. Lowin is rude to the twin who worship him. I understand. I've seen it go both ways with hero worship and acceptance or hero worship and rejection of the younger child. Lowin is too young to understand how to be fake nice to babies.Now having said that there were elements of the story that I did enjoy: the representation of Marisa's mental health struggles were eloquent and deep, the scenes about her family were beautiful and emotional and the neighbour character was interesting and well thought out. Als ze aankomt op Mount Polbearne kan ze de schoonheid van het eiland en de vriendelijkheid van de bewoners nog niet waarderen, ze is op zoek naar rust en stilte maar wordt dag en nacht gestoord door haar nieuwe buurman Alexei, een enorme en erg luidruchtige Russische pianoleraar. Wanneer haar therapeut haar aanspoort om met kleine stapjes de buitenwereld weer te betreden, gaat dat met vallen en opstaan, maar er komt een omslag wanneer Marisa gaat skypen met haar Nonna, die haar liefde toont door het sturen van pakketjes met de heerlijkste Italiaanse ingrediënten. Samen bereiden ze maaltijden die je laten watertanden, die wel eens de sleutel kunnen vormen tot het smeden van nieuwe vriendschappen en die wellicht zelfs Polly kunnen helpen, die moeite heeft om het hoofd boven water te houden nu de bakkerij kampt met geldproblemen. The day length shortens by 1 hour, 38 minutes over the course of November 2023, from 9 hours, 26 minutes on the first day to 7 hours, 48 minutes on the last in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England. I liked Marisa and can relate to her feelings about her heritage and her family. Nonnas are kind, loving and welcome you into their kitchen to learn valuable life skills. They can be opinionated and critical and share their "advice" or "wisdom" but with grandchildren, they're not as tough as they were with their children. I didn't know my grandfather very well but I loved my Nonnie very, very much. Fortunately she died at 100 surrounded by her loving family and not alone but I still miss her. We talk about her often and bake her specialties, celebrate holidays with our family traditions and keep her memory alive.