The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

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Call Number: Fiction / Bender, Aimee
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Being able to taste people's emotions in food may at first be horrifying. But young, unassuming Rose Edelstein grows up learning to harness her gift as she becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern.

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Sad But Intriguing submitted by sdunav on August 13, 2011, 10:05am An interesting novel about family secrets and mysterious powers and food. I enjoyed it, but it was a little too sad for me. The whole family led lives of such quiet desperation. I wanted more drama and happiness in their lives, and some moments of transcendence would have been nice. And not the kind of transcendental oblivion that Joseph finally achieved.

Also, I love lemon cake, but lemon chocolate cake? That's just weird.

Fun idea, a little sad submitted by steveiew on June 12, 2020, 12:42pm Overall the idea of being able to taste people's emotions in the food they make is very interesting but there was a level of sadness in the overall book that was a bit of a downer.