Gingerbread
07 March 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam’ – Ali Smith, author of How to be Both
Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories - equal parts wholesome and uncanny - beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe.
Perdita Lee...
Details
07 March 201980 pages
9781447299448Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Endlessly inventiveThe Oprah Magazine
Rich, clever . . . lively and playful . . . both thoughtful and lavish . . . a bold book with a great deal of depth and mischiefFinancial Times
Open this book, I entreat you, and get lost in a new country . . . Oyeyemi's whirling sparkler of a story is loving, strange and entirely exhilaratingMarina Endicott
Written with such verve and energy that it ’s hard to resistEmerald Street
