Gingerbread

"Exhilarating. . . . A wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel." —The New York Times Book Review


"Wildly inventive. . . . [Helen Oyeyemi's] prose is not without its playful bite." —Vogue


The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and imaginative novel.

Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, the beloved bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours invites readers into a delightfully inventive and bewitching novel about a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe.

Perdita Lee may appear your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate… Keep Reading