Baking Cakes in Kigali (2009) is a uniquely charming, gently moving, deliciously funny novel about life, love and cake. Ultimately, it shows how the human spirit - even when pushed to its limit - endures and unifies us all. What a great book to read at the end of a long day!
Paperback: In Rwanda's capital, Kigali, Angel Tungaraza runs a small business, baking cakes for the celebrations of her neighbours.
As her customers tell her their stories, Angel comes to realize how much each of them has to mourn as well as what they have to celebrate.
And, finally, she comes to accept how much that is true of her too.
About the author: Gaile Parkin was born and raised in Zambia and lives in Africa. Her first job was in Soweto still simmering from the violent uprising of the school students who had begun to loosen apartheid's control of the education system in South Africa. She has worked in Rwanda, counselling women and girls who had survived the genocide. She is also a published author of children's books and numerous school textbooks. Baking Cakes in Kigali is her first novel. When Hoopoes Goes to Heaven (2012) is her second novel and also a sequel to the first novel.
Rating: 5/5
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