Hope, once dreaming of a legal career, is forced at age thirty-six to save from ruin the family confectionery shop she inherited in a small town not far from Boston. A hard period has come into her life: her mother died, her husband left, after the divorce her relationship with her teenage daughter became more complicated, and to make matters worse her beloved grandmother—her last support—falls seriously ill and loses her memory.
Realizing she has no right to take with her the secret the grandmother has kept for more than seventy years, the grandmother asks her granddaughter to carry out her last will and go to Paris… That’s how Hope’s introduction to the story of her family begins.
On this journey across distances and generations, Hope’s guiding stars are the baking secrets the family has cherished since childhood—secrets that open not only doors, but also the hearts of unfamiliar people, helping her recreate, grain by grain, an incredible love story that lasts a lifetime. Love that overcame war and death. This journey helps Hope find herself and understand that happiness is actually very close.