She’s being a really good sport about it, though. Becca looks kind of like a French maid in a bad sitcom. Gigi had me design them, but I hadn’t imagined someone my age actually wearing one. Like my grandmother, Becca is wearing the Pies & Prejudice uniform: black dress, frilly white apron, frilly white cap. Back in a flash.” She trots off to a neighboring table to take another order, her apron strings fluttering behind her. “You want a little cinnamon sprinkled on that?” Becca’s all business as she writes my order down. “I guess it depends if you give me extra whipped cream on my hot chocolate.” She started out working on Thursday evenings at Gigi’s new cooking classes, and today is her first shift waiting tables. Becca’s been her assistant since the beginning of January. Things got so busy that Gigi decided to hire some extra help. This is Becca’s first day as a full-fledged waitress at Pies & Prejudice, the wildly successful tea shop my grandmother opened here in Concord last year. “Hey,” she replies, “who’s the one with the job, huh? Who’s the one earning money right this instant? Speaking of which, you are planning to leave me a big tip, aren’t you?” I look up to see Becca Chadwick tapping her pen against the notepad she’s holding. Since when had my grandmother started serving french fries at the tea shop? if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.” "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The book club girls, their families, the British Berkeley brothers, and even Annabelle Fairfax (aka Stinkerbelle) will be attending the ceremony, which means there might be some bumps before the bride waltzes down the aisle. Rochester of her own.Īnd then there’s the matter of a certain wedding. Some real life romance follows, as Becca may have found a Mr.
In the midst of it all, the girls-along with their Wyoming pen pals, who drop in for a visit over Spring Break-dive into Charlotte Brontë’s classic Jane Eyre. Jess and Cassidy are also hoping for victories, Jess in the a cappella finals with the MadriGals and Cassidy in the national hockey championships with her teammates. Wong decides to run for mayor, so Emma and Stewart team up to make her campaign a success. It’s a dream come true for Megan, who’s jet-setting to Paris for Fashion Week with Gigi.
The Mother-Daughter Book Club says bon voyage to Concord and bonjour to France!
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