Charmaine Wilkerson | BLACK CAKE

THE INSTANT NO. 2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List****Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar***A Grazia Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for**

Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . .

'A story as meaningful as it is delicious' TAYLOR JENKINS REID

'A roiling soup of family secrets, big lies [and] great loves' NEW YORK TIMES

'Special, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'My heart broke and was put back together. Bravo' NIKKI MAY, author of Wahala'Brilliant writing. A stunning book' PRIMA, 'BOOK OF THE MONTH'

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Eleanor Bennett won't let her secrets die with her . . . When Eleanor's 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 family's troubled past, will the truth push them further apart?

Or will it reunite them and fulfil Eleanor's final wish?

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'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 4

'I was instantly taken in by this multi-generational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home. This novel has a tremendous heart at its centre, and I felt its beat on every page. What an extraordinary debut' MARY BETH KEANE, author of Ask Again, Yes