Sweet
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Jules Burns is a lonely baker mourning the loss of his husband, Andy. Teddy Flores is a numbed-to-the-world accountant who accidentally stumbles into his bakery and, with the help of a mouthy bakers assistant, some good pastry and Jules himself, rediscovers his deep connections to pleasure, to the world and to his own heart.Sweet is also the story of how we tell stories--of what we expect and need from a love story. The narrator is on to you, Reader, and wants to give you a love story that doesnt always fit the bill. There are ghosts to exorcise, and jobs and money to worry about. Sweet is a love story, yes, but a story that reminds us that love is never quite what we expect, nor quite as blissfully easy as we hope.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The narrator of Constantine's debut who's flirtatious, candid, and more than a little word-drunk spins ethereal candy floss that is all romance, endlessly surprising, and nothing like any genre offering this season. Jules Burns is a New York City baker, just emerging from mourning for his husband, and his decadent confections receive the book's most explicit prose. Sweetly melancholy Teddy Flores is fading into his accounting job until a stranger yanks him into Jules's bakery. 'Trice, the bakery's uncannily perspicacious barista, ministers to Teddy with a cupcake and immediately begins to matchmake between Teddy and Jules. The knowingly Dickensian narrator stage manages throughout, assessing developments, taking the reader to task for wanting to "skip ahead to the good part," and delivering insights of aching beauty on page after page. A touch of the metaphysical sits a little restlessly next to the Internet flirtations and kitchen seductions, but this remains a dessert that's well worth skipping dinner for.
