Black Cake [electronic resource] : The compelling New York Times bestseller now adapted for TV by Oprah Winfrey
Wilkerson, Charmaine2022
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THE INSTANT NO. 2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . . **Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List** **Now a major Hulu/Disney plus 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 . . . ________ 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? ________ '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 'Heartfelt. Explores the meaning of home and the family that define it' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Special, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'My heart broke and was put back together. Bravo' NIKKI MAY, author of Wahala 'Brilliant writing. A stunning book' PRIMA, 'BOOK OF THE MONTH' '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 'This emotional, heartfelt debut explores the meaning of home and the family that define it' SUNDAY EXPRESS
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Author:
Wilkerson, Charmaine, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Books Ltd, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Charmaine Wilkerson is an American writer who has lived in Jamaica and is based in Italy. A graduate of Barnard College and Stanford University, she is a former journalist whose award-winning short fiction has appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Black Cake is her first novel. Black Cake is in development as a Hulu original series produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films, Marissa Jo Cerar and Kapital Entertainment.
ISBN:
9781405950091
Language:
English
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BRN:
732217
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