8 min listen
A lifetime of secrets unfold in 'Black Cake'
A lifetime of secrets unfold in 'Black Cake'
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Author Charmaine Wilkerson's new novel, Black Cake, is all about identity; who we are and how we fit into this world. Estranged siblings, Benny and Byron are left a recording by their late mother after she dies. The recording is full of secrets about their family that force Benny and Byron to reevaluate everything about their lives. Wilkerson told NPR's Kelsey Snell that even though Benny and Byron didn't know everything about their mother, she is still their mother who loved them very much, and that's also a part of their identity.
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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