Thorndike Core: Simply from Scratch (Hardcover)

from lindap69

An aching look at living on the "what if" side of life. I found myself wishing I could help and loving all of the characters. Sometimes sad, but eventually an affirmation of life.

from frisbeesage

Simply From Scratch is a sweet, easy-reading book about a woman, Rose Ellen, whose husband dies in the aftermath of Katrina. She sinks into a deep depression until a little girl and her dad move into the other side of her duplex. Enter Ingrid, an irresistible little girl obsessed with a tv cookin...

from girlsgonereading

First, let's accentuate the positive. The chronology of Simply from Scratch really drives it. Certain elements of the plot are left mysterious, and you really do want to know how it ends. I was completely unsure about what Zell's last present would be, whose Ingrid's mother would be, and how Nick...

from coolmama

A really poor excuse for a "chick lit" book. It read like it was written for the secondary school market, and not an adult fiction. So, Zell (we never find out why she is called that) is a medical illustrator who recently lost her beloved when he travelled with a local church mission to re-build ...

from thewindowseatreader

Ultimately, I was not ready for this book to end. If you are looking for a fabulous combination between easy to read, relatively heavy at times, and truly humorous, please pick up Simply from Scratch. Hopefully you will enjoy it like I did! Can't wait to see more from this debut author in the fut...