Well, absolutely nothing has happened since yesterday although I have been hard at work on my new novel, Dolci di Love, otherwise known as As Yet Untitled. As the word "dolci" might suggest, it's about sweet things in Italy, with a bit of love (and heartbreak thrown in). I thought I had finished it earlier this year but it turns out I was wrong, so now I am due to really finish it this time by the end of the month and then it will come out in the US this time next year.
The good thing about it is that the dolci in question is a type of biscotti so whenever I get sick of sitting at my computer (not just a bit sick of it, I have to be really sick of it) I jump up and make biscotti and still consider that this is "work". I am experimenting with recipes but have rather stupidly not written anything down so I can't remember what I did differently last time. All I know is that sugar is good. And if you add flour and eggs and chocolate and dried cranberries and bake it twice, it is even better.
Sarah-Kate Lynch
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Selected WorksFiction
Dolci di Love
When childless Lily Turner finds out her perfect husband has a secret family in Tuscany she goes there to find him and chop him into a thousand tiny pieces – but an underground league of Italian widows hell-bent on mending broken hearts has other plans. On Top Of Everything
Florence Dowling believes rotten things happen in threes so when she loses her job and her husband in the space of a single day, she knows there's worse to come. *US readers see BOOKS page to find out about getting a copy of this book. House of Daughters
US version of The House of Peine. Mathilde, Clementine and Sophie have nothing in common except the champagne that runs in their blood. But is that enough? The House of Peine
Three estranged sisters battle it out among the vineyards of France when they inherit a failing Champagne House. Eating With The Angels
Life turns sour for a high-falutin' restaurant critic when her romantic Venetian honeymoon turns into a nightmare. By Bread Alone
“Witty, charming, faithfully passionate to its subject and emotionally adept. If only this book was a man.” -Sunday Star Times Blessed Are the Cheesemakers
“In the spirit of Chocolat...a tender love story told through the medium of cheese.” -Publishers Weekly Finding Tom Connor
“A cross between Bridget Jones’s Diary and Waking Ned Devine, this is a romantic and rollicking good read.” -Next Magazine Short Stories
Bosom Buddies
A collection of entertaining, powerful & thought-provoking short stories by some of the finest contemporary writers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Non-Fiction
The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life
A smorgasbord of columns from the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly’s favourite columnist. |
Comments
Love your work. Desperate to read your new book. You say it will be out in the US by the end of the year. When do you think it will be published in good old NZ?
Hats off to you for always figuring out a way to make eating yummy stuff seem like genuine research and hard work. Your rationalizations are admirable. Here's wishing you happy biscotti baking.