03250cam a2200505 i 4500 1249629750 OCoLC 20220414161554.0 210528s2022 nyu e 000 f eng 2021026213 9780593358337 hardcover 0593358333 hardcover 9780593358344 electronic book (OCoLC)1249629750 AJM pcc Wilkerson, Charmaine, author 10457 Black cake : a novel / Charmaine Wilkerson First edition New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] 385 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher Brothers and sisters Fiction 5975 Mothers Death Fiction 10458 Families Fiction 5980 Family secrets Fiction 657 Caribbean Americans Fiction 10459 FICTION / African American & Black / Historical. bisacsh 10460 FICTION / Sagas. bisacsh 8822 FICTION / Family Life / General. bisacsh 1653 Brothers and sisters. fast (OCoLC)fst00839671 Families. fast (OCoLC)fst01728849 Mothers Death. fast (OCoLC)fst01026948 10461 Domestic fiction 61 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 48 Novels. fast (OCoLC)fst01921742 50 Domestic fiction. lcgft 61 Novels. lcgft 50 Online version: Wilkerson, Charmaine. Black cake New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] 9780593358344 (DLC) 2021026214 .b172890470 ddc BOOK 28148 28148 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2022-04-14 28.00 1 WILK 63548 2023-07-12 2023-06-27 2022-04-14 BOOK 1