About the book
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming 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. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she’s privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father’s detachment, her mother’s transgression, her brother’s increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can’t discern.
Editions of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780385501125
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780385720960
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385533225
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307737168
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780307737144
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780307737151
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On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming 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. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she’s privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father’s detachment, her mother’s transgression, her brother’s increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can’t discern.
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What is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake about?
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming 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. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she’s privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father’s detachment, her mother’s transgression, her brother’s increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can’t discern.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780385501125
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake?
Aimee Bender
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780385501125) and paperback(ISBN 9780385720960) and ebook(ISBN 9780385533225) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307737168) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307737144) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780307737151)
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