Nurturing the starter and making sourdough from it becomes a quickly rewarding hobby for Lois, and the starter seems to have a magical life of its own. When the brothers suddenly close their shop, they gift Lois a bit of their sourdough starter. Her “closest friends” are the brothers who run a food stall that serves a spicy soup and sourdough bread that gives Lois a nearly religious experience. Because of her long days, she does not have much time for a hobby or any personal relationships. In the novel, Lois Clary is living the life of a workaholic cog at a tech company in San Francisco and questioning why exactly she moved there from Michigan in the first place. The story is so odd and the narrative voice offbeat and clever in a way that does not come off as overly ironic or affected. After I posted my favorite books that I read in 2018, I felt like I had missed one: Sourdough by Robin Sloan.
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