5/12/2023 0 Comments Book review black cake![]() Now they’re in a lawyer’s office, being forced to pay attention to their late mum’s words and work out when (and whether!) to share the last black cake she made for them.įor their mum, the recipe for black cake was the only thing she took with her from her original life. And just why are they expected to be so perfect? Byron’s angry with Benny as he’s over-achieved and pushed through his career, but at the expense perhaps of the freedom and love he sees Benny grasping. In short, you became Byron Bennett.īrother and sister Byron and Benny haven’t seen each other since Benny walked out after a family row about what their parents saw as her lifestyle choices and she saw as her own ways of loving and arranging her life. ![]() If you were born to Bert and Eleanor, you banked on your university degrees, you built your influence, you accumulated wealth, you quashed all vulnerability. ![]() ![]() I’m doing well with my NetGalley reading this month – well I wasn’t able to download “Girl Transcending” before it vanished and I didn’t get on with “Influenced Love” but I’ve read and reviewed three of the others with this one and am currently reading Monica Ali’s “Love Marriage”. I’d been looking forward to reading this novel about family ties and ruptures since I downloaded it in September I do tend to like to read books around their publication date. ![]()
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