All You Knead Is Love

By: Tanya Guerrero

Narrated by: Becca Q. Co

Twelve-year-old Alba doesn't want to live with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona.

But her mother needs her to be far, far away from their home in New York City. Because this is the year that her mother is going to leave Alba's abusive father. Hopefully. If she's strong enough to finally, finally do it.

Alba is surprised to find that she loves Barcelona, forming a close relationship with her grandmother, meeting a supportive father figure, and making new friends. Most of all, she discovers a passion and talent for bread baking. When her beloved bakery is threatened with closure, Alba is determined to find a way to save it--and at the same time, she may just come up with a plan to make their family whole again.

From the author of How to Make Friends with the Sea comes a heartfelt story of finding one's chosen family, healing, and baking.

You Knead to Read this Book!

I loved everything about this book. The author wrote words that drew me in from the first sentence. The narrator became the characters. It was easy to distinguish who was talking.

This story is about Alba, her alcoholic/abusive father, and her mother who has been completely dominated by her toxic marriage. We are given small glimpses of these memories, but not present when the events took place.

This is a story about starting over and shows how they deal with their pain. It is full of hope, sorrow, loneliness and determination to persevere. I shed a few tears, but I also laughed out loud. It is the tale of a girl and her mom learning that all you knead is love.