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Breadsong

How Baking Changed Our Lives

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Breadsong

By: Kitty Tait, Al Tait
Narrated by: Kitty Tait, Al Tait
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About this listen

Bloomsbury presents Breadsong by Kitty and Al Tait, read by Kitty Tait and Al Tait.

*WINNER* – FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDRÉ SIMON BEST COOKBOOK AWARD 2023

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'If you had told me at 14 when I couldn't even get out of bed with depression and anxiety that three years later I would have written a book I would never have believed you. But here it is – the story of the Orange Bakery. How I went from bed to bread and how my Dad went from being a teacher to a baker. You listening to it means everything to me' Kitty Tait

Breadsong tells the story of Kitty Tait who was a chatty, bouncy and full-of-life 14 year old until she was overwhelmed by an ever-thickening cloud of depression and anxiety and she withdrew from the world. Her desperate family tried everything to help her but she slipped further away from them.

One day her dad Alex, a teacher, baked a loaf of bread with her and that small moment changed everything. One loaf quickly escalated into an obsession and Kitty started to find her way out of the terrible place she was in. Baking bread was the one thing that made any sense to her and before long she was making loaves for half her village. After a few whirlwind months, she and her dad opened the Orange Bakery, where queues now regularly snake down the street.

Breadsong is also a cookbook full of Kitty's favourite recipes, including:

- the Comfort loaf made with Marmite, and with a crust that tastes like Twiglets
- bitesize queue nibbles, doughnuts with an ever-changing filling to keep the bakery queue happy
- sticky fika buns with mix-and-match fillings such as cardamom and orange
- Happy Bread covered with salted caramel
- cheese straws made with easy homemade ruff puff pastry
- the ultimate brown butter and choc chip cookies with the perfect combination of gooey centre and crispy edges.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Kitty Tait and Al Tait (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Critic reviews

"Just when I thought I didn’t have anything left to learn about bread, Kitty teaches me otherwise. Accessible, engaging and wonderfully wide ranging." (Felicity Cloak)

"Not only is Breadsong a brilliant book about the bliss of baking, Kitty Tait tells a brave and beautiful story of what it is to be human. Rise up like your dough, Kitty! You are Britain’s next Star Baker!" (Mel Giedroyc)

"Breadsong is everything I could ever wish for from a book. Kitty is a true inspiration. I see her passion, her writing and her baking and I can’t help but be filled with joy. I can’t wait to see what she does next." (James Morton)

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The passion of baking, the challenges of growing up and also parenting, all covered

Amazing book

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I love the way the story is told. Not one dull moment. It is so positive how Kitty finds her way out of depression thanks to her family, the neighbors and friends with something as common as dough.
Listening to Kitty’s authentic voice makes all this credible and sometimes very funny. The story is despite some hard moments and the struggling to overcome the many difficulties, always in a light and positive tone.
The Al family can be very proud of their achievement!

Just great! I highly recommend it and hope that Kitty and Al‘s success lasts for every!

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As a mum with a 12 year old boy who has been off school for over a year with crippling anxiety and OCD, Breadsong sings to me as a story of immense hope and light. When your child’s world comes crashing down, the whole family must pivot to survive. People, community, autonomy and routine are the building blocks to recovery. As someone who loves to bake as a sort of therapy/relief, this wonderful story speaks to me on lots of levels and I am so grateful to have found it. If I could give Al and Kitty a huge hug, I would. Thank you so much for putting this all down, so generously, in your own brilliantly written and spoken words.

Baking therapy for the soul

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A great book that I often go back to I love it!!
Thoughtful, relative in different ways for anyone that listens a great book well written and read

Love it!!

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Such and inspiring and heartwarming book and story, I absolutely loved listening to it. It filled my days with positivity and inspired me to find my purpose in life. Thank you Kitty and Al

So inspiring and heartwarming

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