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.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 Kilgali 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... publishers Weekly set In An International Apartment Complex In Rwanda, Parkin's Appealing But Overstuffed Debut Throws Together University Professors, U.n. Employees And Cia Agents Among A Panoply Of Traditions And Cultures. Heroine Angel Tungararza Has Moved From Tanzania With Her Husband, Pius, Who's Taken A Job At The Local University; Before Long, She Develops A Reputation As A Masterful Baker And A Sagacious Friend. Though Haunted By The Deaths Of Her Grown Daughter And Son, Angel Plunges Back Into Motherhood, Caring For Her Five Grandchildren, Tending To Pius, Baking Cakes And Dispensing Advice. Meanwhile, The Sour Undercurrents Of Aids And Genocide Play Quiet But Instrumental Parts In Shaping Angel's World. In Parkin's Eagerness To Introduce A Rainbow Of Cultures And Personalities, She Crowds Her Enjoyable But Terminally Dedicated Heroine, Forcing Angel To Take A Saccharine Supporting Role In Her Own Story; Almost Simultaneously, She's Soothing Survivors Of Rwandan Genocide, Reconciling A Local Prostitute An