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Black cake paperback5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Eleanor's is fast-paced and unpredictable, propelling the story along at a good clip, but I was particularly drawn to the narrative involving her children. Both plotlines are absorbing and well-written. The other is about the relationship between Byron and Benny, the latter of whom feels rejected by her family after revealing her own secret, prompting her to sever all communication with her mother, father and brother. The first is Eleanor's tale, about which not much can be said here without introducing spoilers suffice it to say it's a story of a person doing what they must to survive. There are two major threads interwoven to make up the book's intriguing plot. ![]() ![]() As the tape plays, Byron and Benny hear their mother talk about her past, revealing secret after secret that sets them reeling. He ominously tells them, "You need to be prepared." The pair are reluctant at first the family had a falling out eight years ago and the two haven't spoken since, but the attorney insists. As the story opens, the siblings are meeting with their mother's estate lawyer, who tells them she's left a long recording, stipulating that upon her death, they must listen to it together, in his presence. Black Cake is a captivating debut that centers around the revelation of one woman's secrets.Ĭharmaine Wilkerson's first novel, Black Cake, tells the story of Eleanor Bennett and her adult children Byron and Benedetta (aka Benny). ![]()
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