Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and imagination, Gingerbread is a true feast for the reader. 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. The world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread, however, is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend Gretela-a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met.ĭecades later, when teenage Perdita's search for her mother's long-lost friend prompts a new telling of Harriet's story. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular in Druhastrana, the far away (or, according to many sources, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic childrens stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites listeners into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories-equal parts wholesome and. The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventh-floor walk-up apartment with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author) 3.06 Rating details 13,336 ratings 2,613 reviews. 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. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, the beloved bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours invites readers into a delightfully inventive and bewitching novel about a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe.

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