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|title=Little Beach Street Bakery

|author=Jenny Colgan

|publisher=Sphere

|date=March 2014

|website=http://www.jennycolgan.com

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|summary=A feel good, homely read about the joy of living for simple pleasures and the community spirit of islanders suffused with quirky effervescence and tinged by a touch of sadness. The author includes poetry and song lyrics with proceeds from the sales of her book going to the charity organisations [http://www.rnli.org www.rnli.org] and [http://www.fishermensmission.org www.fishermensmission.org]. Warning: Mild references to sex and swearing.

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Polly is disconsolate. She thought she had it all, the perfect yuppie lifestyle in Plymouth. She is 32 and has worked tirelessly marketing and managing her artist boyfriend’s graphic design consultancy. Now, with the sudden economic downturn and the competitive nature of new technologies, the bank has foreclosed. Chris just wants to shut out the world and slink back to his mother's, leaving Polly bereft, homeless and confused as she struggles to start over again away from the rat race. Faced with the prospect of grungy student flat shares, she looks further afield for new affordable accommodation and finds a neglected tidal island in Cornwall connected by a causeway to the mainland. In the harbour, there is a dirty, derelict building for rent. The upstairs loft is over a disused bakery.