{"id":115,"date":"2012-02-18T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/the-bakers-wife-by-erin-healy.html"},"modified":"2012-02-18T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T14:10:00","slug":"bakers-wife-by-erin-healy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/bakers-wife-by-erin-healy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baker&#8217;s Wife By Erin Healy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-o68K424tVek\/Tz-rV5MUl5I\/AAAAAAAAFBY\/yVJltrGCp6E\/s1600\/the%2Bbakers%2Bwife.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" width=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-o68K424tVek\/Tz-rV5MUl5I\/AAAAAAAAFBY\/yVJltrGCp6E\/s400\/the%2Bbakers%2Bwife.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/bakers-wife-erin-healy\/1102301589?ean=9781595547521&#038;itm=1&#038;usri=the+baker%27s+wife\">The Baker&#8217;s Wife by Erin Healy<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>How would you feel if you were unfairly kicked out of your church, due to false information given by one of your congregation members?<br \/><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what happens in The Baker&#8217;s Wife.<\/p>\n<p>This was an intriguing, unusual and enjoyable read. Audrey and her husband, Geoff, are now running a bakery in their town. Due to a scandalous event, Geoff has been unfairly removed from his role as pastor of his church. Audrey and Geoff open a bakery to make a living. Due to the chain of events, their son, Ed, has lost his college scholarship and is now forced to live at home with his parents, assisting them in the bakery. <\/p>\n<p>Jack, a bitter, demented police officer still holds Geoff&#8217;s family in contempt &#8211; he mistakenly blames Geoff for &#8220;supporting&#8221; Jack&#8217;s daughter, Miralee&#8217;s, abortion. When Jack&#8217;s wife, Julie, mysteriously vanishes, and Audrey is at the scene of the accident, Jack mistakenly accuses Geoff&#8217;s family for &#8220;kidnapping&#8221; his wife. Jack&#8217;s vengenace consumes him and he takes matters into his own hands &#8211; he&#8217;s desperate to find his wife and he makes some drastic decisions that result in a traumatic experience for Audrey&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>Audrey has a strange holy gift &#8211; she can feel the emotions and physical illnesses of certain people. She discovers that she has a connection to Jack&#8217;s wife, Julie. She finds that she has to call upon this gift to help locate Jack&#8217;s wife when Jack resorts to even more insane measures to make her family suffer.<\/p>\n<p>This novel also has another interesting secondary character, Diane, who&#8217;s in her early forties and has just been released from prison. When she returns to her hometown, she finds herself suddenly enmeshed with Geoff&#8217;s and Audrey&#8217;s bakery while she tries to solve her own problems. She&#8217;s determined to find a diamond necklace that was instrumental in landing her into prison for 20+ years.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I enjoyed this story. The suspense factor was high and it was the first book I&#8217;ve ever read by Erin Healy. I also enjoyed reading about the daily life in a bakery&#8230;kinda made me want to don an apron and bake a few loaves of fresh, tasty bread! <\/p>\n<p><i><b>Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baker&#8217;s Wife by Erin Healy How would you feel if you were unfairly kicked out of your church, due to false information given by one of your congregation members? That&#8217;s what happens in The Baker&#8217;s Wife. 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