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Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

2022 · 400 pages · Fiction

When Eleanor Bennett dies, she leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two estranged children: a traditional Caribbean black cake and a voice recording. The recording reveals a hidden history of a young swimmer who fled her island home under suspicion of murder. As Byron and Benny listen to their mother's secrets, they must reconcile their understanding of their family with the truth of her past. This sweeping multi-generational tale explores identity, heritage, and the secrets that sustain and divide us.

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