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Overview: Born and raised in Zambia, Gaile Parkin has lived and worked in many African countries. Her first job was in a 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. More recently she has worked in Rwanda, counselling women and girls who had survived the genocide. A published author of numerous school textbooks and children’s books, Gaile has only recently turned her hand to writing fiction for adults.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics > Family > Africa > Rwanda > Cultural > Inspirational
Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1):
Once in a great while a debut novelist comes along who dazzles us with rare eloquence and humanity, who takes us to bold new places and into previously unimaginable lives. Gaile Parkin is just such a talent—and Baking Cakes in Kigali is just such a novel. This gloriously written tale—set in modern-day Rwanda—introduces one of the most singular and engaging characters in recent fiction: Angel Tungaraza—mother, cake baker, keeper of secrets—a woman living on the edge of chaos, finding ways to transform lives, weave magic, and create hope amid the madness swirling all around her.
In Kigali, Angel runs a bustling business: baking cakes for all occasions—cakes filled with vibrant color, buttery richness, and, most of all, a sense of hope only Angel can deliver.…A CIA agent’s wife seeks the perfect holiday cake but walks away with something far sweeter…a former boy-soldier orders an engagement cake, then, between sips of tea, shares an enthralling story…weary human rights workers…lovesick limo drivers. Amid this cacophony of native tongues, love affairs, and confessions, Angel’s kitchen is an oasis where people tell their secrets, where hope abounds and help awaits.
When Hoopoes Go to Heaven (Bakery #2):
Ten-year-old Benedict is feeling happy. His family’s new home in Swaziland has the most beautiful garden in the whole entire world, teeming with insects, frogs and his favourite cinnamon-coloured birds. Here, crouched in the cool shade of the lucky-bean tree, it’s easy to forget the loneliness that comes from his siblings playing without him, easy to stop himself fretting about how to fix his Mama’s failing cake-baking business. Of course, there are many things in Africa that cannot be put right by a boy who isn’t yet big. But in Benedict’s wonder-filled world, even the ugliest situation has a certain magic. Warm, funny and brimming with life, Where Hoopoes Go to Heaven paints a fresh and compelling picture of life in Swaziland that will capture your imagination and restore your faith in humanity.
Kilimanjaro Snow (Bakery #3):
My Darling Lovemore If you are reading this, it means that God and Agrippina both did what I asked of them. Now this is what I ask of
1 Always remember that everything I did was for you.
2 Work your hardest and do your best to achieve your goals.
3 Don’t believe any man’s lies. Let my mistakes die with me.
4 Don’t let me become extinct through you. When you are grown, have at least 1 child.
5
But there is no number five. Maybe Mama ran out of instructions, which was not like Mama at all, or maybe she just got tired, which was like her near the end. Is this note really all there is of Mama’s letter to her daughter?
Growing up, Lovemore always believed her Mama’s lies about her baba being late, so reading her mother’s diaries brings her some shocking revelations. It had always been a secret that Uncle Joseph was Lovemore’s father because Uncle Joseph had a whole other family, a wife and three children. She thought she had already cried all her tears about losing Uncle Joseph, so there were not many more tears for him left inside her.
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