![]() ![]() 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. A LoveReading Star Book and Debut of the Month, Charmaine Wilkerson’s Black Cake is a book that draws you in and lingers long in the heart. The two siblings haven’t spoken to each other for eight years when Benny felt rejected after revealing to her family that she was a lesbian. The story begins with siblings Bryon and Benedetta (Benny) Bennett meeting with their mother’s estate attorney. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. Dickinson’s calls for two pounds of butter, 19 eggs, and five pounds of raisins the assembled batter, according to the Houghton staff, weighs 20 pounds. In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mothers death and her hidden past - a journey of. Black Cake is the debut novel of Charmaine Wilkerson. 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. ![]() "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. ![]()
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