Black Cake
NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
“A stunning page-turner”
– Louise Hare, author of MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS
A New York Times bestseller, #ReadWithJenna book club pick and UK Indie Book of the Month
One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022 & Oprah Daily’s Best Books of 2022
Featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, Essence, Parade, PEOPLE magazine, WWD, W magazine, BookPage, InStyle, BBC News, British Vogue, Grazia, Times Sunday Magazine, Town & Country, Vulture & others
Soon to be a Hulu original series by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, award-winning screenwriter/creator Marissa Jo Cerar, and Kapital Entertainment
About Black Cake
Byron and Benny haven’t seen each other in years. Now these estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s hidden past. When their mother Eleanor dies in California, they are left with a puzzling inheritance: a traditional Caribbean black cake and a voice recording whose contents will change Byron and Benny’s lives.
Will hearing their story help them to repair their broken family bonds and resolve their own struggles with identity? Or will they end up feeling more lost than ever? Theirs is a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to the UK and back to California. This is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history.
Get the book club kit here.