Baking Cakes in Kigali
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Amazon Editorial Review
This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother, cake baker, pillar of her community, keeper of secrets big and small. Angel’s kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where visitors stop to order cakes but end up sharing their stories, transforming their lives, leaving with new hope. In this vibrant, powerful setting, unexpected things are beginning to happen: A most unusual wedding is planned, a heartbreaking mystery involving Angel’s own family unravels, and extraordinary connections are made—as a chain of events unfolds that will change Angel’s life and the lives of those around her in the most astonishing ways..
Sent to me by Bloedengel for a wishlist tag game (2nd copy)
This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother, cake baker, pillar of her community, keeper of secrets big and small. Angel’s kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where visitors stop to order cakes but end up sharing their stories, transforming their lives, leaving with new hope. In this vibrant, powerful setting, unexpected things are beginning to happen: A most unusual wedding is planned, a heartbreaking mystery involving Angel’s own family unravels, and extraordinary connections are made—as a chain of events unfolds that will change Angel’s life and the lives of those around her in the most astonishing ways..
Sent to me by Bloedengel for a wishlist tag game (2nd copy)
A good read once you get past the rather slow start. Although the book has as it's background the history of Rwanda, with it's genocide, poverty, AIDS and Ebola, it's not a depressing read. A really African novel.
Journal Entry 3 by keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Friday, October 21, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (10/20/2016 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Congratulations and Happy reading!
Congratulations and Happy reading!
Oh, this looks like an interesting story! And from Rwanda as well! I haven't read many books set in Africa, so this is great! Thank you very much!
Also, thanks for the postcard, bookmark, tea bags and chocolate!
Also, thanks for the postcard, bookmark, tea bags and chocolate!
Oh, this was a really nice read! Although a fictional story, parts of it is based on true stories that was told to the author. I found it interesting that people appearently found it easier to tell their story to Angel, a Tanzanian woman, than to someone from their own country; Rwanda.
To Nordpirat:)
I really liked this book!
At first it was very feel-good and every day life-ish and I started to get used to the form of one customer and one customer-story per chapter. But then it made a slight turn; the characters started to interconnect and the subjects deepened somewhat.
In one sense this was an unusual novel for my part. I've read a number of books that I thought too long, too many redundant words etc. This one was quiet the opposite, and that is something that rarely happens to me. I read the last chapter wishing the book had a couple of hundred pages more to go. I didn't want it to end. I wanted to know more about the people and city, what would happen next. I wanted to stay with those characters a while longer.
At first it was very feel-good and every day life-ish and I started to get used to the form of one customer and one customer-story per chapter. But then it made a slight turn; the characters started to interconnect and the subjects deepened somewhat.
In one sense this was an unusual novel for my part. I've read a number of books that I thought too long, too many redundant words etc. This one was quiet the opposite, and that is something that rarely happens to me. I read the last chapter wishing the book had a couple of hundred pages more to go. I didn't want it to end. I wanted to know more about the people and city, what would happen next. I wanted to stay with those characters a while longer.
Journal Entry 9 by Nordpirat at Espresso House Drottninggatan 90 in Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden on Monday, September 10, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (9/10/2018 UTC) at Espresso House Drottninggatan 90 in Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden
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2021-04-29
This is the first novel I´ve read that takes place in Rwanda and at first I was a bit wondering about the feelgoody style of telling the story. Halfway through I read the interview with the author in the back of the book where she described why she had written the novel and how she came about the way she told it and I got it and thought it was brilliant.
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2021-04-29
This is the first novel I´ve read that takes place in Rwanda and at first I was a bit wondering about the feelgoody style of telling the story. Halfway through I read the interview with the author in the back of the book where she described why she had written the novel and how she came about the way she told it and I got it and thought it was brilliant.
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Vilda
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Ok. I get the idea of mixing the good with the bad, addressing tough subjects like FGM (female genital mutilation) and genocide. And as such I applaud it. But I find the storytelling a bit simple. I expected more. All the same it was nice enough as a summer reading
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Thank you for including me on this ray. I look forward to reading this book.