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A novel about the real meaning of reconciliation - about how, in the aftermath of tragedy, life goes on and people still manage to find reasons to celebrate. Angel's kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where lives are transformed and connections are made, changing her life and the lives of a...

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Main Author: Parkin, Gaile
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, 2010.
Edition:Bantam Books trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Women cooks > Fiction.
Bakers > Fiction.
Bakeries > Fiction.
Families > Rwanda > Kigali > Fiction.
Kigali (Rwanda) > Fiction.
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Summary:A novel about the real meaning of reconciliation - about how, in the aftermath of tragedy, life goes on and people still manage to find reasons to celebrate. Angel's kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda, where lives are transformed and connections are made, changing her life and the lives of all around her.
Item Description:Includes reading guide.
Physical Description:320 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780385343442 (pbk.)
0385343442
Author Notes:Gaile Parkin was born and raised in Zambia and studied at universities in South Africa and England. She has lived in many different parts of Africa, including Rwanda, where Baking Cakes in Kigali is set. She spent two years in Rwanda as a VSO volunteer at the new university doing a wide range of work: teaching, mentoring, writing learning materials, working with the campus clinic to counsel students with HIV/AIDS, and doing gender advocacy and empowerment work. Evenings and weekends, she counselled women and girls who were survivors. Many of the stories told by the characters in Baking Cakes for Kigali are based on or inspired by stories Parkin was told herself. She is currently a freelance consultant in the fields of education, gender, and HIV/AIDS.

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