January 2018 Book of the Month
A gorgeous magical, quirky dream of a story. Lois exhausts herself everyday as a software engineer, she orders her food from two local cooks, when they leave the country, they also leave Lois with their sourdough culture, to feed, to look after, to keep alive. As her life alters, Lois learns more about, and creates a connection to the sourdough culture. Robin Sloan establishes with beautiful simplicity, a story that weaved a spellbinding path through my mind. I sank into and became one with the story, tasted, smelled, touched, felt. Sourdough with almost hypnotic, yet gentle intensity, takes on a life of its own to become a charming, irresistible read and I loved it.
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A superb book that is a little quirky but well worth reading and putting on your Reading List this year!
If you want a book that is a bit unusual and quirky then this is the book for you. It’s a fantastic read from beginning to end and is thoroughly enjoyable throughout!
A little piece of normal baking mixed up with technology to give the best bread ever made, though its manufacturing is a little unusual.... Read Full Review
This book is fresh, fun, quirky, bizarre, pure fantasy, and very different to my usual reads Sit back and enjoy - but don't forget the sourdough and butter!
Enter the world of Lois Clary, overworked but highly paid. See how she becomes obsessed with a very special version of sourdough which takes over her life. Fantasy, quirky, bizarre but refreshing
Lois Clary daughter of a programmer and raised in an environment with computers unsurprisingly embarks on a career in programming. She is head hunted by a company based in San Francisco and is lured by big money and other rewards. She soon discovers the cost of accepting the job and finds herself living in a small flat and working all the hours’ god sends, often sleeping at work. She finds a delivery service that provides her with the best sourdough she has ever tasted and a tasty spicy soup which she orders most nights.... Read Full Review
A quirky well written novel that leads you on a weird and wonderful Sourdough journey. Thoroughly recommend to bakers and non-bakers alike!
A really unusual read but one that grips you straight away.... Read Full Review
Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her - feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it.
Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up.
When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly?
Sourdough features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, Books of the Month, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories
Sourdough is available in Paperback, Hardback
Sourdough was written by Robin Sloan and published by MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Sourdough has 259 pages
