Viral Crumbs: and the one armed baker

August Finch, a one-armed baker, runs a quirky little bakery on the Oregon coast where she’s perfectly happy keeping things simple and flying under the radar. But a video of her kneading dough one-handed goes viral online, and suddenly everyone’s got an opinion about her life and what she represents. People expect her to be an “inspiration,” but August isn’t interested in celebrity. As she’s dealing with the chaos of unwanted attention, she stumbles across her late mom’s old recipe cards and  a strange AI project that usurped the recipes and mimics her mother’s voice, which just makes everything feel even more weird and too personal.

While the internet keeps demanding more of her story (and her bread!), August has to figure out how much she’s willing to share and what she’d rather keep to herself. With a few new friends and a bunch of old family secrets popping up, she slowly finds her way back to what matters most. Viral Crumbs is an honest, witty novel about disability, legacy, consent, and hanging onto your own story, even when the world and technology want to decide it for you.