Shortlisted for the 2010 McKitterick Prize Angel Tungaraza has recently moved to Rwanda from her native Tanzania. With her husband Pius and the five orphaned children of their late son and daughter, she is hardly short of things to do. But she still finds time to pursue her passion: her small but increasingly successful business, baking individually designed cakes for the parties and celebrations of her neighbours and their friends. As a businesswoman, Angel prides herself on behaving professionally at all times, even when faced by awkward situations, ethical dilemmas and her own undignified menopausal hot flashes. And if she is occasionally manipulative, it is only ever because fairness requires it. Or because people sometimes need a small push in the right direction. Or because it might just win her cakes an international reputation. Entirely aware that many of the people around...
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2017-06-01
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Boken jämförs med damernas detektivbyrå, men den här tycker jag är bättre. Mrs Angels bakar Rwanda godaste och snyggaste tårtor samtidigt som hon löser konflikter mm.
2012-11-25
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En mysig, ganska lättläst bok som även tar upp viktiga ämnen så som AIDS, kolonialism och stamtillhörighet.
