![]() But also, if we are lucky, find our way back to each other. With a sure hand and great care, this big-hearted novel outlines the many ways we can come unglued from those we hold dearest. I was enchanted from the very first page by this intergenerational novel of family, friendship, and love. ![]() As Byron and Benny hear their mother’s tales for the first time, they discover not only who Eleanor was, but how they’ve come to their current places in the world-and how they might thaw the coldness that had grown between them. ![]() As the tape plays, what unfolds is the story of an extraordinary life. But Eleanor’s story comes in a strange package: a voice recording, left to her children upon her death. ![]() Such is the case with Black Cake, a book so moving and skillfully constructed, it’s easy to forget that it is Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut.īlack Cake at its core is the story of Eleanor Bennett as related to her children, estranged siblings Byron and Benny. Instead as a reader I practically beg for every detail of their life-beginning to end. Sometimes a novelist introduces me to a character so vibrant and unique that encountering a mere slice of their life will not do. ![]()
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