Gingerbread

Fairytale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles.In Belarus, a land of endless ancient forests, an orphaned boy must scatter his mother-s ashes. His mama has exacted a solemn promise: to stay beside and protect grandfather, whatever happens.On their journey into the woodland, hunks of mama-s delicious gingerbread sustain the young boy as grandfather-s magical tales push the harsh world away.But the driving snow masks a frozen history of long-buried secrets. And as man and child forage further, grandfather-s tales turn to terrible truths of times past.Fairytale and history interweave in this magical, haunting tale of the lengths a boy must go to, in order to survive.