02252cam a2200349 i 4500 650264813 TxAuBib 20230211120000.0 221216s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593358351 059335835X (OCoLC)1355101956 TxAuBib rda Wilkerson, Charmaine,. Black Cake / Charmaine Wilkerson. Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] 398 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes A book club guide. "Read with Jenna.". 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 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. 20230213. Siblings Fiction. Mothers Death Fiction. Families Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Caribbean Americans Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction.