Black Cake : THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW DISNEY+ SERIES

Author: Wilkerson, Charmaine

Caribbean islands

Published on 16 February 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 432 pages
129 x 197 x 38 | 304g

THE BRAND NEW DISNEY+ SERIES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRead the gripping word-of-mouth sensation thats now a major new series by Oprah Winfrey on Disney+*** SERIES STARS MIA ISAAC, ADRIENNE WARREN, CHIPO CHUNG AND ASHLEY THOMAS ***Everyone wants to discover what theyre made of . . .

**Featured on Barack Obamas Summer Reading List****A Grazia Instagram IT book to watch out for**A story as meaningful as it is delicious TAYLOR JENKINS REIDA roiling soup of family secrets, big lies [and] great loves NEW YORK TIMESSpecial, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGBrilliant writing. A stunning book PRIMAEPIC GUARDIANEleanor Bennett wont let her secrets die with her.

When Eleanors 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 familys troubled past, will the truth push them further apart?Or will it reunite them and fulfil Eleanors final wish?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 4I was instantly taken in by this multi-generational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home. MARY BETH KEANE, author of Ask Again, YesHeartfelt . . . explores the meaning of home and the family that define it SUNDAY EXPRESS