{"product_id":"sweetness-in-the-skin","title":"Sweetness in the Skin","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePumkin Patterson dreams of a life beyond her Jamaican hometown. But what we dream of and where we belong aren’t always the same thing…‘A dazzling coming-of-age novel with an unforgettable heroine’ Red\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven-year-old Pumpin knows a few things:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat her mother has never loved her\u003cbr\u003eThat Aunt Sophie does\u003cbr\u003eThat baking makes everything better\u003cbr\u003eAnd France is a long way from her Jamaican home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Pumkin doesn’t know is:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat will happen when Aunt Sophie leaves for France\u003cbr\u003eHow far a mother can go to hurt a daughter\u003cbr\u003eWhy a secret can rot a family\u003cbr\u003eThat her cakes might just help save her life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhatever happens, Pumkin knows she needs someone to love her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut she just doesn’t know who . . .\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Sweetness in the Skin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Serves up a taste of Jamaica that will have you craving coconut drops, gizzada and sweet potato pudding’ The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Wonderful, tender, vivid’ Glamour\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56816991600975,"sku":"9781405956789","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781405956789_1-sweetness-in-the-skin.jpg?v=1768366576","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/sweetness-in-the-skin","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}