The delectable filling inside is the tense relationship between Alice and her mother and Alice’s sweet memories of her time with her beloved aunt. Of course, that’s simply the crust of the story. It’s a family drama wrapped up in a mystery, with a quirky small town and pie recipes. With Alice’s parents (and the small town in which they live) struggling to make ends meet after Aunt Polly’s death, Alice must solve the mystery of the pie crust before someone else with less honorable intentions can. When her aunt passes away, she leaves the secret recipe to her delicious pie crust to her cat, and she leaves her cat to Alice. Pie is about a girl named Alice, whose Aunt Polly was a famous pie maker. Instead of writing out a lengthy summary (or simply copying one from the back of the book), here is how I would describe this book when pitching it to a customer in my store: (Though, As Simple As It Seemsis taunting me from my bookcase right now.)īut enough about my reading habits, let’s dig into Pie. Often, when I discover an author I really enjoy, I will binge read all of their works in a short span, but I find myself wanting to savor what Sarah Weeks has to offer. More on those at a later date, perhaps, but I will note that the series would be great for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.) ( Oggie Cooder and Oggie Cooder: Party Animal were recently re-released in a collection called Cheese.

Itin August, and I read her Oggie Cooder series last week. I’ve been on a Sarah Weeks kick since I read Honeywhen it first came into my store last year. I thought I’d start off my blog by talking about the book I read most recently:

Pie by Sarah Weeks