Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame

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Meet Jenny Quinn, the unlikely star of 2024's most delicious debut and Britain's favourite baking show, but could her newfound stardom cause her biggest secret to unravel In their sixty years together, Jennifer Quinn has only kept two secrets from her husband. One is that her love of baking has just won her a spot as a contestant on primetime TV show Britain Bakes. The other she hopes will stay hidden forever . . . Whisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras, timed challenges and celebrity judges, Jenny finds herself in with a chance of being crowned the best baker in Britian. But as her star begins to rise, the past collides with the present, and Jenny struggles to conceal that long held secret which could shatter the very foundations of her decades long marriage . . .

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As delicious and comforting as a freshly baked sponge. A most heartwarming story and delightful debut. * Ruth Jones, bestselling author of Love Untold *
Mrs Quinns Rise to Fame is an absolute delight. A lovely novel full of warmth, courage and heart, Jenny Quinn is a heroine youll cheer for every step of the way. * A J Pearce, Sunday Times bestselling author of Dear Mrs Pearce *
Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame is a charming, heartfelt and uplifting novel about love, family and the emotive power of home baking. I loved every minute of it! * Libby Page, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lido *
Soul-enriching.From its enticing setting to its perfect ending, Mrs. Quinns Rise To Fame is absolutely marvelous. Like a great dessert, youll wish you could come back for more. * J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest *
Delightful and heartwarming, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame is the ultimate comfort read and a sweet reminder that it's never too late to pursue our dreams. * Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order *
A delicious feast of warm, witty, and wise. This novel is Lessons In Chemistry meets The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I was still thinking about Jenny and Bernard long after I'd turned the last page * Joanna Nell, bestselling author of The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village *
Deliciously layered * Kirkus Reviews *
The fact that I was still thinking about Jenny and Bernard long after I'd turned the last page just goes to show that the smallest lives can sometimes leave the biggest impact. Olivia Ford has achieved that rarest of feats: in Mrs Quinns Rise to Fame she has created hope. A delicious feast of warm, witty, and wise. * Joanna Nell *
This novel is perfectly baked, utterly delicious, and completely moreish. Mrs Quinn is destined to become the nation's favourite. * Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project *
Mrs Quinns Rise to Fame is an absolute delight. A lovely novel full of warmth, courage and heart, Jenny Quinn is a heroine youll cheer for every step of the way. * AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird *
Delightful and heartwarming, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame is the ultimate comfort read and a sweet reminder that it's never too late to pursue our dreams. * Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order *
Olivia Ford has written a moving, uncommon coming-of-age story, and if the age Mrs. Quinn is coming of is a few decades older than usual, its all the more uplifting and empowering for it. I loved the insiders look into a reality TV show and the delicious descriptions of all the bakes, but its the love stories at the center of this novel that so beautifully rise. * Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is *

Author Bio

Olivia Ford has spent the last ten years in entertainment TV, most recently as a story producer. Olivia is a graduate of the Faber Academy where she wrote the beginnings of Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame, which was longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize Trust's Discoveries Prize. Raised in Lincolnshire, Olivia now lives in London.