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The Bakery at the Edge of Town|A. S. Alhebsi

The Bakery at the Edge of Town : A Novel About Grief, Dignity, Food, and Community

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Overview

At the edge of town, where the road is cracked, the buildings are tired, and most people pass too quickly to notice, Brooks Bakery still opens before dawn.

After her father's death, Eleanor Brooks inherits more than a business. She inherits a place of refuge: a bakery where workers find breakfast before sunrise, children discover quiet kindness, and struggling neighbors can take what they need from a shelf that asks no questions.

But when a redevelopment plan threatens to erase Miller Road, Eleanor must decide what is truly worth saving. Around her gather a grieving widow, a boy with a lunchbox, a weary developer, a motel manager, an old gas station owner, a baker's assistant with too many jokes, and a community that has been overlooked for too long.

As stories surface from the bakery, the motel, the gas station, and the old laundromat across the road, Eleanor begins to understand that saving Brooks Bakery may also mean saving the fragile community it has quietly held together for years.

Warm, tender, and deeply human, The Bakery at the Edge of Town is a novel about grief, dignity, belonging, food, and the stubborn power of ordinary people who refuse to disappear.

It is a story about the difference between a place that is merely open and a place that is truly awake.

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Details

  • ISBN-13: 9798186566083
  • ISBN-10: 9798186566083
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: July 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.33 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.74 pounds
  • Page Count: 600

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