The Lemon Tree Café: The Heart-warming Sunday Times Bestseller

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When Rosie Featherstone finds herself unexpectedly jobless, the offer to help her beloved Italian grandmother out at the Lemon Tree Cafe - a little slice of Italy nestled in the rolling hills of Derbyshire - feels like the perfect way to keep busy. It is good for the community because we don't have a soft play in the area like that. If you want something like that you have to go to Ponteland or Cramlington, but now this is right here in the heart of Great Park. Another fantastic novel by Cathy Bramley, and one that I simply could not put down. I found that whenever I had a spare moment that I was running to grab this book and read more about what is going on in Rosie and her nonna's lives. Oops, I was willing to give this my average three star rating but I just...could not, mostly because of the last part of the book. First of all, I just want to point out that you are never disappointed with a Cathy Bramley cover. This one is beautiful, the colours, the cakes, everything about it is just so beautiful and draws you in. I love the use of the yellow striped awning and of course the lemon trees either side of the cafe. Even the other little shops on either side look so cute! I love it.

Active Hands - Gripping aids, d-ring and hook aids available upon request to support use of fitness equipment. This book is about Rosie, who quits her job out of stupid reasons and starts helping out in her grandmother's lovely café. But soon, she is more than just helping out and the café is becoming her life. At least for a while. Rosie's emotional chaos regarding him was just ugh and weird to read at times. I don't like when problems are just based on interrupted attempts of clarification. By main character not listening or stupid dogs doing stupid distracting things. So that reduced the potentially cute love story a lot. From about the 50% mark onwards the book was impossible to put down, as I was already engrossed with the characters, and the story just seemed to ramp up as it progressed. I was loving the warmth and vitality that the author brings to her characters, and just stepping into this novel felt like a comforting hug. Cathy Bramley smuggles so many important issues and messages into her books. It is the same with "The Lemon Tree Cafe" - it is a story of finding yourself, finding what brings you happiness, it's about daily struggles of new mothers, about learning to appreciate yourself again, about family, secrets and letting the old demons go, about being proud of who you are and your roots - this all in this lovely, heart - warming, light - hearted and gorgeously delicious story. I can only salute the author for writing another unforgettable story. This book was for me like a huge mug of hot chocolate with marshmallow topping, so welcoming, comforting and tasty. Highly recommended!

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But that was ok, despite the fact everyone was a little too nice. I could deal. Then we get to the part that lowered my rating. Spoilers ahead! Soup and Cheese today’s soup with either Lancashire blue or Mature Cheddar, chunky bread and homemade chutney.

The entrepreneurial mums are running the business alongside their jobs, with Joan in the legal sector, Florence as a pharmacist, and Kaying working in education. The Lemon Tree menu covers a lovely list of sweet & savoury pastries, from basic French Butter Croissant to Double Cheese Croissant, Almond Croissant, Pistachio Croissant, Banana Nutella Croissant, Cinnamon Danish, Banana Nutella Danish, Blueberry Danish, Salted Caramel & Mix Nuts Danish Tart, Almost Croissant Tart, Tiramisu Cruffin, Smoked Turkey Ham & Cheese Tartine, Peach Mille Feuille, Quiche.Lemon Tree Softplay Cafe is located at Unit 1 Middleton South, Wagonway Drive, Great Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 9BJ. As I said before, Rosie was quite annoying. Also, towards the end of the book everyone always tells her how brave she is and how great she is and how I don't what she also is. Guess what? Annoying. Smoked Salmon and Prawns with Marie Rose sauce, dressed salad, seasonal coleslaw and brown bread and butter Why do you have to destroy a nice little story about a nice little girl and a nice little café with annoying, way too depressing things? Oh right, because the nice little girl doesn't want to be a nice little girl because she is too much of a women's libber for that. I hate girls like that.