Black Cake: A Novel

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THE INSTANT NO. 2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **Featured on Barack Obama s Summer Reading List 2022** **Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar* **A Grazia Instagram IT book to watch out for** Everyone wants to discover what they re made of . . . Juggling lives and crossing continents, BLACK CAKE is the extraordinary story of how the inheritance of secrets, betrayal and memories can shape a family for generations A story as meaningful as it is delicious. At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner TAYLOR JENKINS REID A roiling soup of family secrets, big lies, great loves, bright colours and strong smells NEW YORK TIMES The scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake. My heart broke and was put back together. Bravo NIKKI MAY, author of Wahala ________ Eleanor Bennett won t let her secrets die with her . . . When Eleanor s estranged children Benny and Byron reunite for her funeral, they receive an unexpected inheritance. First, a traditional Caribbean black cake, to remind them of their roots. Second, the story of a decades-old murder that shatters everything they thought they knew about their mother. But as Benny and Byron unravel their family s troubled past, will the truth push them further apart? Or will it reunite them and fulfil Eleanor s final wish? ________ **Soon to be a major drama series for Hulu by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar** I loved the brilliant writing, the characters and the clever and beautiful way the story melded together. A stunning book PRIMA, BOOK OF THE MONTH A special, beautifully written novel that s as rich and intoxicating as the Jamaican rum cake of its title GOOD HOUSEKEEPING An extremely assured debut which pulls in threads and echoes from across the Caribbean diaspora to deliver a rich, complex and really satisfying novel ALISON FINCH, BBC Radio 4 I was instantly taken in by this multi-generational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home. This novel has a tremendous heart at its centre, and I felt its beat on every page. What an extraordinary debut MARY BETH KEANE, author of Ask Again, Yes

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Charmaine Wilkerson, an American writer, spent much of her childhood living in the Caribbean and is now based in Rome. A former television news reporter, journalist and recovered marathon runner, she is a debut novelist and an award-winning writer of short fiction. Black Cake is in development as a Hulu original series produced by Oprah Winfrey s Harpo Films, Marissa Jo Cerar and Kapital Entertainment.

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