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The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - A Novel

by Aimee Bender
RM22.67 MYR
The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - A Novel - Thryft
The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - A Novel - Thryft

Emotionally-charged culinary exploration.

This book is perfect for readers who enjoy a unique and thought-provoking premise. Aimee Bender's writing style is both poetic and precise, as she skillfully navigates Rose's complex relationship with food and her supernatural ability. Through Rose's experiences, readers are given a window into the hidden emotional landscapes of those around us, making this book a great choice for those interested in exploring the nuances of human relationships.

  • ALA Alex Award (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - A Novel

by Aimee Bender
RM22.67 MYR
ISBN: 9780385501125
Authors: Aimee Bender
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 2010-06-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary
Related Topics: Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.24
(rated by 65711 readers)

Description

The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse.On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, 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 cake. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother—her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother—tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes a peril and a threat to Rose. The curse her gift has bestowed is the secret knowledge all families keep hidden—her mother’s life outside the home, her father’s detachment, her brother’s clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up she learns to harness her gift and becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a luminous tale about the enormous difficulty of loving someone fully when you know too much about them. It is heartbreaking and funny, wise and sad, and confirms Aimee Bender’s place as “a writer who makes you grateful for the very existence of language” (San Francisco Chronicle).
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*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

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*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

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Emotionally-charged culinary exploration.

This book is perfect for readers who enjoy a unique and thought-provoking premise. Aimee Bender's writing style is both poetic and precise, as she skillfully navigates Rose's complex relationship with food and her supernatural ability. Through Rose's experiences, readers are given a window into the hidden emotional landscapes of those around us, making this book a great choice for those interested in exploring the nuances of human relationships.

  • ALA Alex Award (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.