The Joy Of Jars

The Joy of Jars - a tale of heartburn, cooking sauces and second helpings of love.

Ever since her husband left her holding the babies fourteen years before, Sally has taken love off the menu. But her trusted recipe for survival is leaving her hungry for change. Dare she add a dash of spice? Or will emotional left-overs sour everything?

Real life single mum, Joanne Barker, stirs up laughter, tears and easy tea time solutions, in her debut novel, The Joy of Jars.

Meet Joanne Barker

Real life single mum, JOANNE Barker’s debut novel is part memoir, part rom com, part cook book.

Just like the lead character of her book, Joanne was herself a single mum for many years before meeting the real love of her life in her forties. Her main creative claims to fame, so far, are a play she wrote for her fellow brownies in the 1970s, some front pages of the Birmingham Mail in the 1990s and The Joy of Jars being shortlisted in a debut novel competition, run by the single parent charity, Gingerbread, and Trapeze Books, in 2018. Joanne is a former print and broadcast journalist, who moved into PR and marketing before becoming a civil servant. Having written professionally for almost 30 years, this is her first bite at a novel. She is 52 and shares her time between her flat in Solihull and her partner Andy’s home near Kidderminster. Her son, Adam, lives close by and her daughter, Kate, has moved to the seaside. Joanne can be contacted on Twitter as @joannebarker
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