Black cake : a novel /

In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past, a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Be...

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Main Author: Wilkerson, Charmaine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, [2022].
Edition:First edition.
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