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The particular sadness of lemon cake

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

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About the 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 br...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780099538264

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The particular sadness of lemon cake

Format

Paperback

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