Story Description:
McClelland
& Stewart|July 6, 2010|Trade Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-7710-6902-4
Baking Cakes in Kigali is a tale in fourteen
confections, and behind each cake lies a story.
As baker Angel Tungaraza busies herself with her customer’s orders, we
learn about their lives: Ken Akimoto – with his penchant for partying, her best
client – and Bosco, his lovesick driver; Dr. Rejoice, without whom she’d never
cope with the hot flashes that send her delving into her brassiere for a
handkerchief so often these days; Odile, an AIDS worker whose love life Angel
has taken a keen interest in; and not forgetting young Leocadie, Modeste, and
their baby boy, Beckham. Angel works her
magic, solving problems for all around her, and in turn, they help her lay her
own demons to rest: perhaps she can finally face the truth about the loss of
her own son and daughter, and achieve a sense of peace…
Hauntingly
charming, funny, and involving, Baking
Cakes in Kigali is 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.
My
Review:
This
was a funny, sad, heartwarming read.
Angel Tungaraza bakes and decorates the most beautiful cakes. As each of her customers come to see her to
ask her to bake one, she hands them her portfolio to look at while she makes
them tea. Her best client is Ken Akimoto
who regularly holds parties and loves karaoke and the people of the apartment
building are usually invited, but those that aren’t never complain about the
noise because at one time or another they have been invited.
Each
person that comes to see Angel has some sort of problem that she helps them
solve. She seems to have an air about
her that makes her easily approachable and easy to talk to, however, at the
same time, she comes to accept, in her own way, the deaths of both her own
daughter and son.
Even
amongst all these problems, terrible illnesses and death, it shows us that life
does go on and people still find reasons to celebrate regardless of the
hardships they’ve faced.
I
would recommend this book to others.
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