Featured author: Charmaine Wilkerson

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny. Eleanor leave them a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escaped her island home under suspicion of murder. As the heartbreaking tale unfolds, Eleanor holds back secrets and opens a mystery of a long-lost child. This story challenges everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.
About Charmaine Wilkerson

“It’s about the idea that there’s the story you tell about your life, about your family history, about your culture, Wilkerson said. "And then there are the stories that are not told, or concealed, or not fully revealed. The cake symbolizes the history of this family, in which the children, who are now grown, really don’t know the half of what their parents went through. Their journey of discovery is going to actually change the way in which they see not only their parents, their family history, but their own relationships.” Read the full interview with Book Page here.