Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson
Taste attributes: dramafamilymysteryslowrealisticemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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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.
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- Author
- Charmaine Wilkerson
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 402
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- Source
- Open Library
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