Aimee Bender: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Wie schmeckt Traurigkeit? Wie Schuldgefühle? Und wie die erste große Liebe? Ein zauberhafter Roman über ein junges Mädchen - und ihre Gabe, die Gefühle der anderen zu schmecken. The unforgettable bestselling story of a girl whose magical gift becomes a devastating curse

Beschreibung

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.

Klappentext

On the eve of her ninth birthday Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's lemon-chocolate cake and to her horror discovers that she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. Suddenly food becomes perilous. Anything can be revealed by any meal - truths about her mother's life outside the home, her father's strange detachment and her brother's clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up, she realises there are some secrets even her taste buds cannot discern. THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE is a luminous tale about the heartbreak of loving those whom you know too much about.