Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery

May 1, 2025 1:01 AM

Author:Cathy Bramley,Colleen Prendergast

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Hetty's Farmhouse Bakery by Cathy Bramley, read by Colleen Prendergast.

Thirty-two-year-old Hetty Greengrass is the star around which the rest of her family orbits. Marriage, motherhood and helping Dan run Sunnybank Farm have certainlykept her hands full for the last twelve years. But when her daughter Poppy has to choose her inspiration for a school project and picks her aunt, not her mum, Hetty is left full of self-doubt.

Hetty’s always been generous with her time and until now, her biggest talent – baking deliciously moreish shortcrust pastry pies – has been limited to charity work and the village fete. But taking part in a competition run by Cumbria’s Finest to find the very best produce from the region might be just the thing to make her daughter proud . . . and reclaim something for herself.

Except that life isn’t as simple as producing the perfect pie. Changing the status quo isn’t easy – and with cracks appearing in her marriage and shocking secrets coming to light, Hetty must decide where her priorities really lie . . .

Your favourite authors have loved the bestseller Cathy Bramley:

'Delightful!' Katie Fforde

'Full of joy and fun' Milly Johnson

'Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns' Trisha Ashley

Reviews

A page-turner of a story about love, courage, and following your dreams.

—— Milly Johnson

Full of surprises, just like one of Hetty's pies! An intriguing mix: savourous and then, surprisingly sweet.

—— Jo Thomas, author of The Honey Farm on the Hill

A delicious tale of friendship, family and baking set in beautiful Cumbria. I loved its warmth and charm. It was a real treat to read.

—— Cathy Woodman, author of the Talyton St George series

An addictive book . . . lust and desire is described brilliantly

—— Independent

The Break races along with Keyes' trademark energy, lightness of touch and plenty of laughs

—— Sunday Express

The Break is Marian Keyes at her funniest, wisest, glorious best

—— Nina Stibbe

The Break makes me laugh out loud

—— Tess Daly , Sunday Express

Breathlessly entertaining

—— Connaught Telegraph

Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. A breezy, candid and deeply felt account of a wife, mother and career woman rediscovering herself

—— Metro

Girl-power at its best. I laughed . . . I cried

—— Sarah Lawrence , Daily Mail

Another belter. Full of brilliantly fun characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm. We loved it!

—— Heat

A snappy narrator and a raucous cast of characters make The Break another classic from Marian Keyes

—— Sunday Express

Fabulously entertaining. Classic Keyes. The queen of intelligent women's fiction

—— Sunday Mirror

A pleasure. Keyes writes women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they be something else

—— Irish Times

Hilariously wise

—— Prima

Marian Keyes's latest novel will have you enraged one moment. Half laughing. Half crying the next. While nodding in recognition

—— Psychologies

Marian Keyes writes about modern relationships and families with brutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen

—— Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes and The Break is her at the top of the game; funny, real, with characters that speak to all of us. Only Keyes can combine pathos and humour with such effortless skill, to produce a novel that stays with you long after you've turned the final page

—— Rowan Coleman, author of The Summer of Impossible Things

Underline Keyes' status as an international treasure. The ultimate choice for a binge read

—— Stylist

A gripping story with great heart, intensity and wisdom

—— Sunday Business Post

Hilarious and moving, a zeitgeisty look at how couples splinter or stay together in the face of life's obstacles

—— Irish Times

I bloody loved it. Many moments of comic genius, empathy and heartbreak. She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches.

—— The Pool

I absolutely LOVED The Break - such energy, wit and good humour

—— Fanny Blake, author and books editor, Woman & Home

One of the most reliably brilliant novelists writing with humour and insight about women's lives, I think Keyes gets better and better

—— Alice O’Keeffe, The Bookseller

Hilariously warm and wonderful

—— Image

Amy's husband Hugh has run away to 'find himself'. But will he ever come back?

'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.'
'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'

If only.

—— from the publisher's description

September's best pulse-quickening pager-turner. Marian Keyes at her most classic and brilliant best

—— Red

Fabulously entertaining, classic Keyes . . . a delightful reminder of why best selling Keyes has earned her crown as the queen of intelligent woman's fiction

—— The People

The ultimate choice . . . filled with the author's signature themes, think turbulent relationships, tricky families and the need for self-belief. Keyes' [is] an international treasure

—— Stylist

Cause for celebration . . . An engrossing novel full of wit and warmth. The humour never once detracts from the emotional depth.

—— Red

Cause for jubilation . . . This proves her to be the reigning queen of British chick lit . . . insightful, funny and poignant

—— Daily Mail

Praise for Marian Keyes

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Gloriously funny

—— The Sunday Times

Funny but poignant

—— Marie Claire

A total triumph

—— Daily Mail

Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud

—— Stylist

A beautifully written modern love story from Britain's best contemporary female author

—— Sun on Sunday

Wonderfully written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you finish the final page

—— Daily Mail

A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required

—— Stylist

A beautiful read

—— Hello

Funny, heart-warming and extremely wise

—— Prima

A deeply satisfying book full of big emotions

—— Good Housekeeping

A laugh-out-loud, rollicking good read and a very touching love story

—— Sunday Independent

Moyes is the queen of the classy weepy

—— Elle

A delight

—— The Daily Mirror

A sparkling novel of hope and sacrifice’

—— Glasgow Herald

Magical, heart-warming and time-bending story.

—— Mslexia

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