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Long before she was born, Dominika first appeared in a dream to her mother, so when she came to be she was welcomed with much love. Though her arrival was auspicious, as the child of dissidents associated with the failed Prague Spring uprising, Dominika would lead a life that was far from charmed.
In a village on the outskirts of Prague, full of gossipy neighbours, state informants and small-town prejudices, Dominika grows up a self-possessed child, whose openness and curiosity often lead her, and her dissident family, into trouble. Yet the love, pride and quirky ingenuity that bind them together will guarantee their survival – and ultimately their happiness – through the best and worst of times.
The Twelve Little Cakes is equal parts testimony to the struggles of a bygone era and a love letter to a joy-filled childhood that no external forces, however powerful or cruel, could dim.
About the Author
Dominika Dery was born in Prague in 1975. As a young girl, she studied at the State Conservatory in Prague, and danced and performed in the National Theater Ballet Company and later performed in the National Theater as an actor. In 1994, she was awarded a French government scholarship to study theater at the Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq. She is the author of four collections of Czech poetry and a play. The Twelve Little Cakes is her first book in English. Dominika now lives in Sydney and works as a journalist for SBS.
