Sweetness in the Skin

When Aunt Sophie is offered the chance to move to France, she promises to send for Pumkin as soon as she can afford to. But when things take a turn for the worse in Pumkin''s household, she''s determined to raise the money herself. Her mother is determined to make her stay, but will her friends, neighbours and talent for baking be her escape?<>

About the author

Ishi Robinson was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She has lived in Bern, Toronto, Rome, London and now lives in Berlin with her Czech husband. Her first published work was a short story in Jamaica’s national newspaper when she was eleven years old. At seventeen, she sent a letter to her father from Switzerland that he thought was so funny he sent it to the other national newspaper, which snagged her a weekly column on teenage life in Kingston. She also previously wrote a weekly column on life as an expat in Rome for a now defunct online magazine. She got back into fiction writing in Berlin, from where she has published short stories in several online publications and one anthology. Sweetness in the Skin is her first novel.

Report

'Ishi Robinson's debut serves up a taste of Jamaica that will have you craving coconut drops, gizzada and sweet potato pudding . . . this engaging coming-of-age tale shows a challenging side of Jamaican life through the eyes of an appealing protagonist' The Times

Product details

• Authors: Ishi Robinson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.01.2025
• EAN: 9781405956789
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-5678-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Family Life / General, France, FICTION / Literary, Jamaica, Narrative theme: Interior life, Caribbean islands, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, FICTION / World Literature / Caribbean & West Indies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary