Fat Girls and Fairy Cakes

Can you really make a living from indulging in your dreams? TV Producer Stella Weston is over worked, over weight and under fire. Having battled uphill for years to balance her career with her family life, she is repaid by being put out to pasture on a religious gardening programme complete with a nervous vicar, his nymphomaniac wife, and 22 stone Britney wannabe gardener, Gerald. In the past, comfort has always been found at the bottom of her mixing bowl but when even the most delicious lemon sponge with zesty frosting cannot save the day, Stella decides enough is enough. However, finding the courage to quit is sometimes the easy part. Can you really turn a passion into a profession? Does more time at home actually give you a happier show more family life? Are men truly from Mars or another universe altogether? Stella has to roll up her sleeves and find out - when the going gets tough, the tough get baking.... ( show less

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"A story of love, loss, friendship and cake"

What more could you want, really? It's not often that I can find all of my loves in one compact novel, but this one had it.

When Stella finds herself down and out, husband having left her and her job prospects next to nil, she does what any woman would do... drowns thier sorrows in all things sweet (as in food). Having a nature talent for sponge cakes, Stella puts into motion a journey that will change her life and possibly for the better.

I love a story about the underdog. Always wanting them to come out on top and to stomp on all of those that brought her to the bottom in the show more first place. Fat Girls & Fairy Cakes (which I later learned was a cupcake) is, quite possibly, the perfect chick-lit book. It really is a book about 'love, loss, friendship and cake' and each and every part of the book is enjoyable.

Sue Watson brings to life the characters in this book and it made me want to meet them, cheer with them, cry with them and fight with them. Through her amazing descriptions, I was craving all things homemade... the mouth-watering fairy cakes (cupcakes) that Stella and her team would create had me wanting to rush out and buy up some for my own personal enjoyment. What a treat to come to the end of the novel and find all the great recipes so I can, actually, enjoy these in my own home and really bring the story to life.

Overall, Sue Watson's debut novel is a must-read for any woman who has ever felt that urge to do what your dreams tell you to. show less

I really REALLY loved reading this book.. Such a great funny and sometimes sad read. I loved the recipes at the end too.. I shall be baking...I shall be dancing and singing while doing it... I shall be looking forward to more books by Sue Watson... Another Author on my fab list xx

I really REALLY loved reading this book.. Such a great funny and sometimes sad read. I loved the recipes at the end too.. I shall be baking...I shall be dancing and singing while doing it... I shall be looking forward to more books by Sue Watson... Another Author on my fab list xx