DATE: July 10, 2025
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: Monday Room
Join us this month for Charmaine Wilkerson’s captivating debut Black Cake, where estranged siblings Byron and Benny discover their mother’s extraordinary secret life through a frozen Caribbean cake and a haunting posthumous recording that reveals murder, family secrets, and the mystery of a long-lost sister. This New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna pick masterfully weaves together themes of identity, heritage, and forgiveness while delivering a compelling multigenerational mystery that spans from 1960s Caribbean to present-day California.