{"product_id":"2940172167300","title":"Friendship Bread: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note: \u003ci\u003eI hope you enjoy it.\u003c\/i\u003e Also included are a bag of starter, instructions on how to make the bread herself, and a request to share it with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill reeling from a personal tragedy that left her estranged from the sister who was once her best friend, Julia remains at a loss as to how to move on with her life. She'd just as soon toss the anonymous gift, but to make Gracie happy, she agrees to bake the bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Julia meets two newcomers to the small town of Avalon, Illinois, she sparks a connection by offering them her extra bread starter. Widow Madeline Davis is laboring to keep her tea salon afloat while Hannah Wang de Brisay, a famed concert cellist, is at a crossroads, her career and marriage having come to an abrupt end. In the warm kitchen of Madeline's tea salon, the three women forge a friendship that will change their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn no time, everyone in Avalon is baking Amish Friendship Bread. But even as the town unites for a benevolent cause and Julia becomes ever closer to her new friends, she realizes the profound necessity of confronting the painful past she shares with her sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout life and loss, friendship and community, food and family, \u003ci\u003eFriendship Bread\u003c\/i\u003e tells the uplifting story of what endures when even the unthinkable happens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151088238832,"sku":"2940172167300","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172167300_p0.jpg?v=1763754925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172167300","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}