Overview
āA delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.āāCharmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
One of the BBC and Zibby Mag's Most Anticipated Books of 2024
A winning debut novel about a Jamaican girl determined to bake her way out of her dysfunctional family and into the opportunity of a lifetime.
Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the familyās social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (whoās rarely home).
When Sophie is offered the chance to move to France for work, she seizes the opportunity, and promises to send for her niece in one yearās time. All Pumkin has to do is pass her French entrance exam so she can attend school there. But when Pumkinās grandmother dies, sheās left alone with her volatile mother, and as soon as her estranged father turns upāas lazy and conniving as everāthe householdās fortunes take a turn for the worse.
Pumkin must somehow find a way to raise the money for her French exam, so she can free herself from her household and reunite with her beloved aunt in France. In a moment of ingenuity, she turns her passion for baking into a true business. Making batches of sweet potato pudding, coconut drops and chocolate cakes, Pumkin develops a booming tradeābut when her school and her mother find out what sheās up to, everything sheās worked so hard for may slip through her fingers. . . .
Sweetness in the Skin is a funny and heartbreaking story about a young girl figuring out who she is, what she is capable ofāand where she truly belongs.
This book title, Sweetness in the Skin (A Novel), ISBN: 9780063334878, by Ishi Robinson, published by HarperCollins (April 23, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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