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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Book
On the eve of her ninth birthday Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful can-do mother tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly and for the rest of her life food becomes perilous. Anything can be revealed at any meal. Rose's gift forces her to confront the truth behind her family's emotions - her mother's sadness her father's detachment and her brother's clash with the world. But as Rose grows up she learns that there are some secrets even her taste buds cannot discern. The "Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" is about the pain of loving those whom you know too much about and the secrets that exist within every family. At once profound funny wise and sad this is a novel to savour.Read More
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From Pushcart Prize winner Aimee Bender, this is the unforgettable story of a girl whose magical gift becomes a devastating curse.
- 0099538261
- 9780099538264
- Aimee Bender
- 1 September 2011
- Windmill Books
- Paperback (Book)
- 336
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