Sourdough

Paperback Published on: 06/09/2018
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Sourdough
High maintenance bread
Lonely, overworked and underfed, Lois Clary is stuck in a rut. Working long hours programming an artificial arm, her only social interactions are with her ... READ MORE
Claudia  Sunderhauf

Synopsis

It's like Fight Club meets The Great British Bake Off - NPR

Lois Clary is a software engineer. She codes all day and collapses at night into her sofa, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the local takeaway from which she orders dinner every evening - that is, until the brothers are forced out of business. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their famous bread. She must keep it alive, feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it. Lois is no baker, but soon, not only is she eating her own homemade, but she's initiated into a fantastical and possibly fantastically sinister underground world: a secret market that aims to fuse home-cooked food with cutting-edge technology...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781786494115
  • Number of pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 21 mm
  • Languages: English

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Sourdough
Freshly Unique
When I first got this book, I was a bit conflicted about what exactly it would entail. I found myself wondering if it was a cleverly-disguised cookery book... READ MORE
Ellie T.
Sourdough
Quirky and Unique!
I really enjoyed the first few chapters of this book which is before Lois receives the sourdough starter but after that it all became a little too silly fo... READ MORE
Sabra Attrill
Sourdough
Double Spicy
Is it wrong to say you devoured a book about food? Well if it is then I am happy to be wrong. This is an intelligent book, one that makes you e... READ MORE
Marjorie Odonnell
Sourdough
A savoury treat
Sourdough is another light-hearted and entertaining read from the author of Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Whereas the latter explored the tensions betwe... READ MORE
busylizzie
Sourdough
A Unique Idea!
When I first started the book, I was a little unsure of what to think. It took a while for me to settle into the story because at first there did... READ MORE
Charlotte Fildes
Sourdough
Sweet Sourdough
I’d never heard of Robin Sloan or any of his previous work so I had no expectations whatsoever of this book from Readers First before I started it. But I f... READ MORE
shizz
Sourdough
A Little bit of Quirk goes a Long Way
I enjoy quirky books and after reading the sneak peak of Sourdough, I was intrigued; how does a software engineer like Lois, end up making sourdough bread ... READ MORE
The Jane Hall
Sourdough
Quirky little read
This was such an unusual little book that when I first finished reading it, I couldn't really decide what I made of it. However, on reflection, I did enjoy... READ MORE
Amelia Louise
Sourdough
Grew on me
Really liked this story. Each time reading it I was left hankering after some delicious bready goodness! The story involves Lois climbing the corporate lad... READ MORE
Hazel Tyson