Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1) (Gaile Parkin)

• Author: Gaile Parkin
• Series: Bakery #1

Condition & Size

• Size: Medium (Format B. Typically 12.9x19.8cm or (13.2x20.3cm)
• Book Type: Paperback
• CAI Condition Score: 7/10.
• CAI Condition Description: Very Good

About This Book

Once in a great while a debut novelist comes along who dazzles us with rare eloquence and humanity, who takes us to bold new places and into previously unimaginable lives. Gaile Parkin is just such a talentand Baking Cakes in Kigali is just such a novel. This gloriously written taleset in modern-day Rwandaintroduces one of the most singular and engaging characters in recent fiction: Angel Tungarazamother, cake baker, keeper of secretsa woman living on the edge of chaos, finding ways to transform lives, weave magic, and create hope amid the madness swirling all around her. \n \nIn Kigali, Angel runs a bustling business: baking cakes for all occasionscakes filled with vibrant color, buttery richness, and, most of all, a sense of hope only Angel can deliver.A CIA agent's wife seeks the perfect holiday cake but walks away with something far sweetera former boy-soldier orders an engagement cake, then, between sips of tea, shares an enthralling storyweary human rights workerslovesick limo drivers. Amid this cacophony of native tongues, love affairs, and confessions, Angel's kitchen is an oasis where people tell their secrets, where hope abounds and help awaits. \n \nIn this unlikely place, in the heart of Rwanda, unexpected things are beginning to happen: A most unusual wedding is planneda heartbreaking mysteryinvolving Angel's own familyunravelsand extraordinary connections are being made among the men and women who have tasted Angel's beautiful cakesas a chain of events unfolds that will change Angel's lifeand the lives of those around herin the most astonishing ways.