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Black cake : a novel

Title
Black cake : a novel / Charmaine Wilkerson.
Author
Wilkerson, Charmaine
Publication
New York : Ballantine Books, [2022]

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Description
385 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their family, and themselves. Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to 'share the black cake when the time is right?' Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever? Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Novels.
  • Domestic fiction.
Call Number
Sc E 22-1049
ISBN
  • 9780593358337
  • 0593358333
LCCN
2021026213
OCLC
1249629750
Author
Wilkerson, Charmaine, author.
Title
Black cake : a novel / Charmaine Wilkerson.
Publisher
New York : Ballantine Books, [2022]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Note
Schomburg copy dust with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-1049
JFE 22-2733
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