29 records matched your query
03303aam a22004934i 4500 001 DC6C49D23F1611E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 007 tb 008 181210t20192019nyu ed 000 f eng 020 $a 1984882899 020 $a 9781984882899 035 $a (OCoLC)1078649716 040 $a TEFBT $b eng $e rda $c TEFBT $d TEFBT $d BDX $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d TEFBT $d QQ3 $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6115.Y49 $b G56 2019b 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Oyeyemi, Helen, $e author. 245 10 $a Gingerbread / $c Helen Oyeyemi. 246 34 $a Gingerbread : $b a novel 250 $a First large print edition. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Random House Large Print, $c [2019] 300 $a 372 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 520 $a "The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe. Perdita Lee may appear to be your average British schoolgirl; Harriet Lee may seem just a working mother trying to penetrate the school social hierarchy; but there are signs that they might not be as normal as they think they are. For one thing, they share a gold-painted, seventh-floor walk-up apartment with some surprisingly verbal vegetation. And then there's the gingerbread they make. Londoners may find themselves able to take or leave it, but it's very popular in DruhaÌstrana, the far-away (or, according to many sources, non-existent) land of Harriet Lee's early youth. The world's truest lover of the Lee family gingerbread, however, is Harriet's charismatic childhood friend Gretel Kercheval--a figure who seems to have had a hand in everything (good or bad) that has happened to Harriet since they met. Decades later, when teenaged Perdita sets out to find her mother's long-lost friend, it prompts a new telling of Harriet's story. As the book follows the Lees through encounters with jealousy, ambition, family grudges, work, wealth, and real estate, gingerbread seems to be the one thing that reliably holds a constant value. Endlessly surprising and satisfying, written with Helen Oyeyemi's inimitable style and imagination, it is a true feast for the reader."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Fairy tales $v Fiction. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family-owned business enterprises $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Gingerbread $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Formulas, recipes, etc. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship in children $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Magic realist fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20210924015908.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061214.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20191016010909.0 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20190604011019.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190502022243.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190305012903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC6C49D23F1611E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search