Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi, Helen Oyeyemi, Random House Audio

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English

Bolinda Audio Books
07 March 2019

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction

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 tantalising 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 listener.

By: Helen Oyeyemi
Producer: Random House Audio
Read by: Helen Oyeyemi
Imprint: Bolinda Audio Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Simultaneous Release
ISBN: 9781489488411
ISBN 10: 1489488413
Publication Date: 07 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of six novels including White is for Witching (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award) and Mr Fox, and the short-story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Helen Oyeyemi is the author of six novels including White is for Witching (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award) and Mr Fox, and the short-story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.

Reviews for Gingerbread

'... a writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary.' -- The Independent 'The greatest joy of reading Oyeyemi will always be style: jagged and capricious at moments, lush and rippled at others, always singular, like the voice-over of a fever dream.' -- The New York Times 'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam.' -- Ali Smith