“A polished first novel filled with tantalizing descriptions of places and foods…”
—BOOKSENSE 76 Pick

“Bread Alone will have you salivating and cheering…”
—Glamour Magazine

“A charming, romantic first novel…fun to read and meaningful to remember.”
—Booklist, starred review

“The author's own experience in a Seattle bakery resonates in her descriptions of hard work and difficult co-workers in turning out the breakfast treats that sell the espresso. The recipes in "Bread Alone" are solid, like Plain Old Bread, pain de campagne and Patty's Cakes, dark chocolate loaf cakes that are mixed up in a saucepan and finished with an over-the-top caramel espresso sauce. If you put down the book to try them, you won't be disappointed...”
—Regina Schrambling,
"Eaten Any Good Books Lately?" The New York Times - September 12, 2001

“Hendricks's engaging first novel will appeal to fans of a good story and intriguing characters. Highly recomended.”
—Library Journal

“In this engaging novel, Hendricks creates a compelling narrator whose wry, bemused and ultimately wise voice hooks the reader…a well written, imaginative debut.”
—Publishers Weekly

"...This is a romance, really, but one for bookish feminists, and a luscious read.”
—The London Observer

"...a warm-hearted novel…sassy, but never facile, often funny and it conveys a convincing sense of the pain of being abandoned."
—Elizabeth Buchan, author of The Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman, in The London Sunday Times