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Book review black cake6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Author Charmaine Wilkerson makes her readers care about all the characters. Benny and Byron are the primary narrators of the story, but as the tale progresses, readers get the perspective of more and more characters who have somehow touched Benny and Byron’s lives. The mood is tense due in no small part to Benny’s estrangement from the family. It intriguingly starts when Benny and Byron (B & B) meet for the first time in years to hear their mother’s last wishes. ![]() The heartbreaking tale 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 lineage, and themselves.Ĭan Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?īlack Cake hooked me from the first paragraph. ![]() In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. 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. ![]()
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