The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

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<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><i>The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake</i>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.</p>

Autorenportrait

AIMEE BENDER is the author of the novel<i>An Invisible Sign of My Own</i>and of the collections<i>The Girl in the Flammable Skirt</i>and<i>Wilful Creatures</i>. Her work has been widely anthologised and has been translated into ten languages. She lives in Los Angeles. Read more about Aimee Bender and her work at<u>www.flammableskirt.com</u>

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