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- ISBN 9781405950084
- Weight: 302g
- Dimensions: 129 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 16 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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THE BRAND NEW DISNEY+ SERIES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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'EPIC' GUARDIAN
________
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?
________
'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
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
________
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?
________
'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
Charmaine Wilkerson is the author of Black Cake, a New York Times-bestselling novel. An American writer, she spent much of her childhood living in the Caribbean and is now based in Italy. She is a former television journalist and an award-winning writer of short fiction. Her debut novel Black Cake was adapted for the screen as a Hulu original series airing on Disney+ and produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films, Marissa Jo Cerar and Kapital Entertainment.
