The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan

  

The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2017. Adult fiction.

Inhabited by the Nazis in WWII, a small village in Normandy is the scene for survival and resistance by villagers. Emma, apprenticed to the local baker, is the center of a system working to keep people alive.  All of the characters she comes in contact with blend together to provide a riveting look at survival and creativity. As the story continues, some people die and Emma herself finds her elaborate network unravelling. Emma believes the Allies will never come, but by the day they land, readers will find it hard to put down this book. Beautifully written, exquisitely plotted, the novel is one of the best I’ve read the whole summer.