NOWAHULUSTERAMINGSERIES-NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-READWITHJENNABOOKCLUBPICKASFEATUREDONTODAY-Twoestrangedsiblingsdelveintotheirmother’shiddenpast--andhowitallconnectstohertraditionalCaribbeanblackcake--inthisimmersivefamilysaga,“acharacter-driven,multigenerationalstorythat’smeanttobesavored“(Time).“Wilkersontransportsyouacrossthedecadesandaroundtheglobeaccompaniedbycomplex,wonderfullydrawncharacters.“--TaylorJenkinsReid,NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofTheSevenHusbandsofEvelynHugo,DaisyJones&TheSix,andMalibuRisingONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEAR:OprahDaily,NPR,BuzzFeed,Glamour,PopSugar,BookRiot,SheReadsWecan’tchoosewhatweinherit.Butcanwechoosewhowebecome?Inpresent-dayCalifornia,EleanorBennett’sdeathleavesbehindapuzzlinginheritanceforhertwochildren,ByronandBenny:ablackcake,madefromafamilyrecipewithalonghistory,andavoicerecording.Inhermessage,Eleanorsharesatumultuousstoryaboutaheadstrongyoungswimmerwhoescapesherislandhomeundersuspicionofmurder.TheheartbreakingtaleEleanorunfolds,thesecretsshestillholdsback,andthemysteryofalong-lostchildchallengeeverythingthesiblingsthoughttheyknewabouttheirlineageandthemselves.CanByronandBennyreclaimtheironce-closerelationship,piecetogetherEleanor’struehistory,andfulfillherfinalrequestto“sharetheblackcakewhenthetimeisright“?Willtheirmother’srevelationsbringthembacktogetherorleavethemfeelingmorelostthanever?CharmaineWilkerson’sdebutnovelisastoryofhowtheinheritanceofbetrayals,secrets,memories,andevennamescanshaperelationshipsandhistory.Deeplyevocativeandbeautifullywritten,BlackCakeisanextraordinaryjourneythroughthelifeofafamilychangedforeverbythechoicesofitsmatriarch.
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