Gingerbread Children by Carol Carman.
Carol was a guest speaker at our local u3a meeting; she had been part of the team making a popular local radio program about a character living in the fens, Dennis of Grunty Fen. Carol was not only the sound recorder for the programme but she edits and illustrates books written about Dennis’s Grunty Fen. We met at an Indie Author Book Fair in Huntingdon where I bought another of the Grunty Fen books, written by Christopher South, the third in the series. Carol illustrates and edits, these books.
But enough about Huntingdon, when Carol gave her brilliant talk at our U3a meeting about Dennis of Grunty Fen, she brought books with her. In addition to the Grunty Fen books was a book of her own; Gingerbread Children. I bought my copy there and then.
. Gingerbread Children, is apart from the architecture nothing like that of Hansel and Gretel, (What about the children?), well children are involved a boy and a girl. There are witches too, not just one but lots of them and cats, together with other ‘Familiars’ but mostly cats. The story starts with the failing health of the Matriarch of The University of Nature, (The Union), with her failing health comes the question of who will succeed her. The question of succession, the building of an edible house, a gymnasium for dogs which is managed by a cat, are among just some of the remarkable events within this fantastic book. And of course, there is magic, gingerbread and lots of cake.
Gingerbread Children is one of the most unusual books, I have read but it is without doubt one of the best. Thank you Carol
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Posted by Cathy Cade on February 24, 2025 at 11:38 am
That sounds different! I need something to fire my imagination.
Posted by fenlandphil on February 24, 2025 at 2:26 pm
It is very different, Cathy.
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