Black Cake -

Charmaine Wilkerson

Ballantine Books

2022

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-10: 0593358333

In this moving debut novel, 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.

We can't choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?

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. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. 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.

Can 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?

Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.

Resenhas (4)

4 (Muito bom)

A mãe desses dois irmãos faleceu e deixou uma gravação e um bolo preto para eles. Uma sinopse tão simples e que se desdobra numa história sensacional, adorei os personagens e a relação deles, sem contar que esse role da gravação foi bem legal de acompanhar não só pela história que é contada ali, mas também porque a autora escreveu essa parte toda de um modo que poderia de fato acontecer na vida real, não aquele clássico que acontece em diversos livros em que a personagem está pra descobrir algo importante e para pra, sei lá, fazer um ovo frito.
Adorei conhecer essa família e com esse livro descobri que adoro histórias de irmãos.