March 2024 Cookbook Divas Book Club Pick

Join us in March 2024 as the Cookbook Divas Book Club reads “Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame,” (via Amazon; affiliate link) by Olivia Ford.

Jenny has been married for 59 years, and her husband’s health is declining. Her friends’ lives are focused on their grandchildren, and Jenny doesn’t have any grandkids of her own. She wants something more in life, so she secretly applies to be a contestant on the TV show “Britain Bakes.” 

“Whisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence, and the stress of the competition, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a stranger’s kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever.

With her baking star rising, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secret—a long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. It’s the only time in six decades that she’s kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster?”

We’re eagerly looking forward to reading this book as well as finding recipes to bake that correspond to the dessert-themed chapter titles!

Book club discussions take place over in our Cookbook Divas book club private Facebook group.

We may also livestream some book club content over on the Cookbook Divas YouTube channel as well.

See our Book Club page for the reading schedule. Read ahead if you are eager to get started like we are!

-Carrie