A real slice of family life.
Warm, witty and wise, 'Eat Cake' is the enchanting new novel from the bestselling author of 'Julie And Romeo'.
'A slice of cake never made anybody fat. You don't eat the whole cake. You don't eat a cake every day of your life. You have a slice of cake and what it reminds you of is someplace that's safe, uncomplicated, without stress. A cake is a party, a birthday, a wedding. A cake is what's served on the happiest days of your life. This is the story of how my life was saved by cake.'
Sometimes Ruth craves a distraction from her dysfunctional family. Since being made redundant, her husband has become increasingly irritable; her sulky teenage daughter seems determined to make life difficult, and her warring elderly parents have plunged the household into a permanent state of siege.
Ruth finds solace in her one great passion: baking cakes. But although the family tease her over her obsession with chocolate sponge and sugar frosting, Ruth's harmless hobby might just turn their lives around in ways they could never have imagined . . .
