MEDIAPRINT BLACK CAKE

"Black Cake" is a family saga that tells about the journey of more than half a century of a family, with its disappointing dreams, cursed loves and dark secrets. Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel centers on the story of Eleonora Bennett, a 70-year-old first-generation Caribbean immigrant living in Southern California. Her death opens the novel. Her two grown children, Ben and Byron, will listen to a recording she made shortly before her death that reveals how little they both know about their mother. In the tumultuous life of Eleonora Bennett, the novel explores the very nature of identity, the way in which cultures combine within families, and how generations of a family shape its history. Deeply meaningful and beautifully written, 'Black Cake' is an extraordinary journey into the lives of a family forever changed by the choices of its matriarch.

Age group: over 18 years old.