Baking Cakes in Kigali

Shortlisted for the 2010 McKitterick Prize
Angel Tungazara runs a small business, baking cakes for the parties and celebrations of her neighbours. As her customers tell her their stories, Angel comes to realize how much each of them has to mourn as well as what they have to celebrate. And, finally, she comes to accept how much that is true of her too...
This is a uniquely charming, gently mo