This is the story of her carefree country childhood—her Dickensian life in the orphanage with no heat, no running water, and only wood-burning ovens—and her triumphs as an entrepreneur and a world-famous pastry chef.
Gregg Olsen's Bitter Almonds is true crime writing at its best.
The riveting true story of the notorious Seattle black widow cyanide killer.
Will they be able to overcome their bleak realities amid war and tragedy? Heartbreaking and moving, Bitter Almonds is about displacement and exile, family duty and honour, and the universal feelings of love and loss.
""So does eating bitter almonds make the sweet ones taste even better?""