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'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam' - Ali Smith
Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee
may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school
social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as
normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a
gold-painted, seventh-floor flat with some surprisingly verbal
vegetation. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners
may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular
in Druhastrana, the far-away (and, according to Wikipedia,
non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. In fact, the
world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread is Harriet's
charismatic childhood friend, Gretel Kercheval - a figure who seems
to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to
Harriet since they met. Years later, when teenaged Perdita sets out
to find her mother's long-lost friend, it prompts a new telling of
Harriet's story, as well as a reunion or two. As the book follows
the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family
grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the
one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Influenced by the
mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories -
equal parts wholesome and uncanny; from the tantalizing witch's
house in Hansel and Gretel to the man-shaped confection who one day
decides to run as fast as he can - beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi
invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family
legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Endlessly surprising
and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and
imagination, Gingerbread is a true feast for the reader.
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