When I was on maternity leave, I was very tired and had a lot of time on my hands in a seated position. I read a lot, one handed. I devoured biographies about Castro, read fantastic gothic books like The Shadow of the Wind (or as I like to think of it, The Library of Forgotten Books), and Love in the Time of Cholera (pedophilia warning), and then came the phase of what I refer to as "pink books", more commonly referred to as chick lit. Marion Keyes was my first. If I imagined her Irish accent, it was even more fun. I started with Sushi For Beginners and have read since almost her entire collection. This was a different kind of discovery. She has a great website: www.mariankeyes.com/. It talks largely about her characters, and she comes across quite clearly as a character herself, but she is honest in her struggle to overcome depression, and this cookbook is a result of one period of self-discovery with baking as therapy. It's a little biographical, and a lot pretty with more than a few good ideas. I have, alas, tried to avoid baking as therapy since I hit my 40s, but I hope to get though the highlights over the next few years. Get yourself a copy, if only to read and drool, but I suspect you might be tempted to a little therapy yourself.
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