Rosie Green

“bourguinon”
― Rosie Green, Log Fires and Toffee Apple Cake at the Little Duck Pond Cafe

“Goldsworthy. It’s Marguerite. Not Margaret. Marguerite!’ I nodded. ‘Marguerite.’ She gave me a suspicious look as if she thought I might be poking fun at her, which I absolutely wasn’t. ‘My ex used to call me Margaret when he wanted to annoy me but thankfully, I kicked him into the long grass a decade ago.’ I swallowed, not quite sure what to reply to this. I hadn’t made the greatest of impressions since I’d started working there, although it definitely wasn’t for want of trying on my part. I knew all too well that Marguerite Goldsworthy was doing a favour for a relative in hiring me as an assistant. (Maya, who was married to Marguerite’s brother, was our lovely”
― Rosie Green, The Sticky Toffee Pudding Club