About this book

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.

Subjects

  • américains d'origine antillaise
  • american literature
  • brothers and sisters
  • cake
  • caribbean americans
  • death
  • families
  • familles
  • family secrets
  • fiction
  • fiction / african american & black / historical
  • fiction / family life / general
  • fiction / sagas
  • frères et sœurs
  • inheritance and succession
  • mothers
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2022-02-20
  • romans, nouvelles
  • secrets de famille
  • siblings