Black Cake
- By: Charmaine Wilkerson
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Historical Fiction
- Stock Availability: Out Of Stock
- ISBN: 9781405950084
- Total Pages: 432
- Available Book Formats: Paperback
- Year: 2023
Price:
JOD 10.00
As featured on Obama's Summer 2022 Reading list and the instant No. 2 New York Times bestseller; which spans sixty years in the life of one Caribbean/American family Eleanor Bennett won't let her own death get in the way of the truth. When her estranged children - Byron and Benny... - reunite for her funeral, they discover a puzzling inheritance. First, a voice recording in which everything they ever knew about their family is upended. Their mother tells a tumultuous story about a headstrong young woman who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. Second, a traditional Caribbean black cake made from a longstanding family recipe, that Eleanor hopes will heal the wounds of the past. Can Byron and Benny fulfill their mother's final request, to share the black cake at the right time? Or will Eleanor's revelations leave them feeling more lost than ever?