The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099538261 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099538261 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Beqi of Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on 8/29/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
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.
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.
Journal Entry 2 by Beqi at Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (4/10/2015 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
To be added to the book buffet at the Oxford Convention 2015 :D
Somebody said this is a good book and I took it with me to Finland.
Thank you for the book, Beqi!
Thank you for the book, Beqi!
This was a nice book to read even if I did not understand the point of the story. It was also a sad or melancholy story. There was a family of four who did not much interact with each other.
Helmet-haaste 24
This is my book #16 in the Reduce Mount TBR 2018 -challence by Dove-i-libri.
Helmet-haaste 24
This is my book #16 in the Reduce Mount TBR 2018 -challence by Dove-i-libri.
I took Bender's book from today's meet-up in Kerava in order to deliver it forward, probably next month. Let's see what the receiver will think of the story :) The book cover is beautiful!
Thank you for the book and your company today, Annelis!
Thank you for the book and your company today, Annelis!
Kiitos kirjakassista!
Thank you for the book!
Thank you for the book!
Journal Entry 9 by Delenna at PULL TOGETHER MEGA 2018 in Haapajärvi, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten Finland on Sunday, June 24, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/7/2018 UTC) at PULL TOGETHER MEGA 2018 in Haapajärvi, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Congratulations, you've caught a travelling book!
Enter the BCID of this book at www.bookcrossing.com to see where it's been, then follow where it goes after you read & release it. You can do this anonymously if you want.
This book was left on the bookcrossing table at the geocaching mega event in Haapajärvi, Finland.
Enter the BCID of this book at www.bookcrossing.com to see where it's been, then follow where it goes after you read & release it. You can do this anonymously if you want.
This book was left on the bookcrossing table at the geocaching mega event in Haapajärvi, Finland.