Immense thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and Robin Sloan for the opportunity to read his latest work - I loved it!
I was a huge fan of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - I bought it for presents because other people just needed to read it! Then along comes Sourdough - I know that I will be buying this for people also. It's like Sloan knows me - first, a book about books and then a book about baking bread!
Lois is a brilliant young computer coder, wooed to San Francisco from Detroit to work on robotic arms. She finds herself in the company of people just like her, working all the time, even sleeping at work, eating Slurry (a nutritive gel) just for sustenance. When Lois tries a new restaurant, offering spicy soup and sourdough bread, she feels herself becoming a bit more human. When the restaurant owners have to leave, they gift Lois with their magical sourdough starter. Lois feeds it, learns about baking bread and it changes her life.
A magical story (Sloan is the king of putting the touch of magic in his books) that really stresses what it is to be passionate, human, and in touch with all that makes us so, including food and taking the time to make it yourself. In this fast food world, this is a love story to farmers, farm markets, and all of us who love to create food with our own hands. Sourdough bread is the perfect analogy - it's alive, it needs nurturing and love.
I didn't want this book to end - unless it was to hop online and order my King Arthur Sourdough Starter! Very highly recommended!
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