Black Cake: THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW DISNEY+ SERIES - Softcover

Wilkerson, Charmaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405950080 ISBN 13: 9781405950084

Publisher: Penguin, 2023

Synopsis

THE BRAND NEW DISNEY+ SERIES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Read the gripping word-of-mouth sensation that's now a major new series by Oprah Winfrey on Disney+

*** SERIES STARS MIA ISAAC, ADRIENNE WARREN, CHIPO CHUNG AND ASHLEY THOMAS ***

Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . .

**Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List**
**A Grazia Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for**

'A story as meaningful as it is delicious' TAYLOR JENKINS REID
'A roiling soup of family secrets, big lies [and] great loves' NEW YORK TIMES
'Special, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Brilliant writing. A stunning book' PRIMA
'EPIC' GUARDIAN
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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?
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'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.' MARY BETH KEANE, author of Ask Again, Yes

'Heartfelt . . . explores the meaning of home and the family that define it' SUNDAY EXPRESS

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

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*

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405950080
• ISBN 13: 9781405950084
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432