Michael Whatling began his career as a technical writer for engineering firms in Canada, and Japan. Leaving to teach at the secondary and university levels, he returned to writing by penning A Vigil for Joe Rose, a collection of short stories based on his doctoral research. The French Baker's War is his first novel.
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Absence isn't a hole. It's a presence living inside you, eating its way out. Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, André Albert finds his four year old... SEE MORE