{"id":8018,"date":"2017-05-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8018"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T17:05:22","slug":"depression-cured-by-baking-100-days-of-cake-by-shari-goldhagen-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8018","title":{"rendered":"Depression cured by baking 100 Days of Cake!? by Shari Goldhagen (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookLow-key job at pet store,
\nGolden Girls<\/em><\/a> reruns for comfort,
\nshould make anyone happy enough, except…<\/p>\n

Mom’s offbeat depression remedy (“just bake the perfect cake!”), therapist’s soothing talk (and he is just so cute!), trying not to disappoint friend Elle and new co-worker Alex (but sometimes even putting on her sandals is too much effort) – Molly isn’t exactly reveling in her summer before senior year as depression<\/a> digs its claws into her.<\/p>\n

Find the May 2017 paperback or 2016 hardcover at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> to see how Molly copes with change, her bake-happy mom, and trying to throw off the crushing load of depression during all 100 Days of Cake<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When is it okay to pass on advice that might be more placebo than not?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: 100 Days of Cake \/ Shari Goldberg. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016 (hardcover), 2017 (paperback).\u00a0 [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: The waves of depression keep getting deeper for Molly during summer before senior year, as the Florida teen wishes that therapy really would help her, longs for her so-cute therapist, and wants everything to stop changing so she has time to get better. <\/p>\n

Her successful hairdresser mom is certain that the 100 Cakes Challenge will perk up Molly, her best friend Elle is easing away, and FishTopia’s owner wants to sell out.<\/p>\n

Without their job together, what will happen to her sorta-relationship with Alex?
\nHow can she think about the SAT and college choices when she’s too tired, all the time?
\nWhy can’t she just spend all day talking about music with dreamy Dr. B?<\/p>\n

Ooey-Gooey Butter Cake (very gooey), Wedding Cake with Fondant (extra-lumpy), Asian Bubble Tea Cake (would her late dad like that one?) – one hundred cakes, one hundred summer days, one million chances to try again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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