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Explore the diverse voices of Black literature with our Book Club. Join us for enriching discussions and vibrant stories that celebrate the Black experience.
Black Cake tells the story of Eleanor Bennet's final bequest, an audio recording and a homemade Caribbean black cake stowed in the freezer, puzzling her grieving children, Benny and Byron. The story that emerges upends everything the brother and sister thought they knew about their family. In 1965, a young woman fleeing an arranged marriage and suspicion of murder disappears into the surf. Cutting all ties, she crosses oceans, reinvents herself, and makes heartbreaking choices to take control of her life and reunite with her first love.
Charmaine Wilkerson is from New York and has lived in Jamaica and Italy. A graduate of Barnard College and Stanford University, she is a former news and communication professional whose award-winning short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and magazines. She is the author of Black Cake, a New York Times bestselling novel. Her second novel, Good Dirt, is due to be published in early 2025.
