Black Cake

<p><b>THE INSTANT NO. 2 </b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i></b><b>BESTSELLER</b><br><br><b>**Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List**</b><br><b>**Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar*</b><br><b>**A <i>Grazia</i> Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for**</b><br><br><b><i>Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . .</i></b><br><br><i>'</i>A story as meaningful as it is delicious' <b>TAYLOR JENKINS REID</b><br>'A roiling soup of family secrets, big lies [and] great loves' <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br>'Special, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating'<b> <i>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</i></b><br>'My heart broke and was put back together. Bravo' <b>NIKKI MAY, author of <i>Wahala</i></b><br>'Brilliant writing. A stunning book' <b><i>PRIMA, </i>'BOOK OF THE MONTH'</b><br>________<br><br><b>Eleanor Bennett won't let her secrets die with her . . .</b><br><br>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.<br><br><b>But as Benny and Byron unravel their family's troubled past, will the truth push them further apart?</b><br><br><b>Or will it reunite them and fulfil Eleanor's final wish?</b><br>________<br><br><b>'An extremely assured debut which pulls in threads and echoes from across the Caribbean diaspora to deliver a rich, complex and really satisfying novel' </b>ALISON FINCH, <i>BBC Radio 4</i><br><br> <b>'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' </b>MARY BETH KEANE, author of <i>Ask Again, Yes<br><br></i><b>'This emotional, heartfelt debut explores the meaning of home and the family that define it' </b><i>SUNDAY EXPRESS<br></i></p> <p><b>THE INSTANT NO. 2 </b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i></b><b>BESTSELLER</b><br><br><b>**Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List**</b><br><b>**Soon to be a major Hulu series by Oprah Winfrey, Aaron Kaplan and Marissa Jo Cerar*</b><br><b>**A <i>Grazia</i> Instagram 'IT' book to watch out for**</b><br><br><b><i>Everyone wants to discover what they're made of . . .</i></b><br><br><i>'</i>A story as meaningful as it is delicious' <b>TAYLOR JENKINS REID</b><br>'A roiling soup of family secrets, big lies [and] great loves' <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br>'Special, beautifully written. Rich and intoxicating'<b> <i>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</i></b><br>'My heart broke and was put back together. Bravo' <b>NIKKI MAY, author of <i>Wahala</i></b><br>'Brilliant writing. A stunning book' <b><i>PRIMA, </i>'BOOK OF THE MONTH'</b><br>________<br><br><b>Eleanor Bennett won't let her secrets die with her . . .</b><br><br>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.<br><br><b>But as Benny and Byron unravel their family's troubled past, will the truth push them further apart?</b><br><br><b>Or will it reunite them and fulfil Eleanor's final wish?</b><br>________<br><br><b>'An extremely assured debut which pulls in threads and echoes from across the Caribbean diaspora to deliver a rich, complex and really satisfying novel' </b>ALISON FINCH, <i>BBC Radio 4</i><br><br> <b>'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' </b>MARY BETH KEANE, author of <i>Ask Again, Yes<br><br></i><b>'This emotional, heartfelt debut explores the meaning of home and the family that define it' </b><i>SUNDAY EXPRESS<br></i></p>