JAN 6 | MahoganyBooks Bookclub - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Friday, January 6, 2023
6:00pm-8:00pm
MahoganyBooks Anacostia

Happy New Year!!! Cheers to you and yours. We are ready to kick-off another exciting year of reading...with you! Join us as we discuss our first book of 2023 - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. We hope you enjoyed reading it all December long.

Join us on January 6 as we discuss this book LIVE and in person at our Anacostia store from 6pm-8pm.

NOTE: If inclement weather, we will discuss the book from the warmth of our homes via Zoom.

Whether you've read it or not, join us for a "passionate" discussion with a host of other folks from the DMV community. Bring a friend, your bae or roll solo, we can't wait to chop it up with you.

Book Discussion: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: MahoganyBooks (we are INSIDE of the Anacostia Arts Center) 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE

About the book:We can't choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean 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 escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage, and themselves.

Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to "share the black cake when the time is right"? Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?

Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.