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Gingerbread

by Helen Oyeyemi

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2020 · Shortlist
Riverhead BooksLiterary FictionISBN 9781594634659

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)2020Shortlist

About This Book

Harriet Lee's high-school-age daughter Perdita eats a piece of the family's legendary gingerbread and falls into a deathlike sleep, launching a fantastical quest through memories, fairy tales, and the uncertain geography of Harriet's homeland. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.

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