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Wife, mother, backer, lover... no wonder she feels spread thin. It's not easy being the adoring mother of one, living in the middle of the English countryside with a short-sighted goat, a crusty father-in-law and a dysfunctional swarm of bees, but Esme manages it. Or does she? Sometimes the French bread she insists on making every day is the only thing she truly believes she is getting right. But is it because of the delicious taste, or because it reminds her of the girl she once was and, more importantly, of Louis, the handsome French boulanger who taught her all she knows? Will Esme finally find the recipe for happiness?