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Read ahead of the new Hulu adaptation.
Based on author Charmaine Wilkersons 2022 novel,HulusBlack Cakeadaptationis a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery.
Here are the mainBlack Cakeplot points, including Wilkersons explanation of the ending.Spoilers ahead for theBlack Cakebook.
On the recording, Eleanor tells the story of a young girl named Covey in the 1950s Caribbean.
Coveys mother, Mathilda, ran a bakery with her helper, Pearl.
Her father, Lin, was a Chinese immigrant and island shop owner with a gambling problem.
(Back home, its assumed that she killed Little Man and fled.)
As Eleanor Douglas, Covey moves to Scotland, where her boss rapes and impregnates her.
Shes taken in by a shelter run by nuns, who force Eleanor to place the baby for adoption.
(It turns out, Eleanor had secretly reconnected with Bunny/Etta in adulthood.)
After her children find Etta, all four travel back to the island to visit Pearl and Lin.
Afterward, the siblings are inspired to take charge of their lives, finding personal and professional successes.
Like the hidden reasons behind the cake in Eleanor Bennetts freezer.
What does Wilkerson wantreaders to take awayfrom her debut novel?