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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

By Aimee Bender

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Discovering in childhood a supernatural ability to taste the emotions of others in their cooking, Rose Edelstein grows up to regard food as a curse when it ...

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

The title of this novel first caught my eye. How can food feel emotions? Actually, it is Rose who discovers that when she is eating she can taste the feelings of the person who cooked or prepared the food. I was a bit worried that this initial gimmic ... (read full critics)

thebookbag published on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE by Aimee Bender

Review by Debbie Lee Wesselmann (JUN 2, 2010) Ever since the publication of her story collection, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Aimee Bender has established herself as a writer of minimalist magic realism, a description that seems contradictory gi ... (read full critics)

mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

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6 Reviews

I thought I would like this book,but for me the rythm was all wrong.

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Ragazza said on May 4, 2012 | Add your feedback

It's a very sad book, I did not really liked it.
I was expecting a different thing from it.

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Laura Martínez Maestro said on Mar 12, 2012 | Add your feedback

A strange book.
A very good one,too.
I liked the characters, and the way the story unfolded.

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Mag said on Mar 7, 2012 about the eBook edition | Add your feedback

what an amzing book - feels a bit strange delving into the heart and mind of this 'gifted' child and following her to adulthood but I couldnt stop! this book is a sad story of triumph over affliction because that surely what this family was - afflicted!

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Kazlawrence said on Oct 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

This book drew me in from the point I saw it in the shop. And I was not disappointed. A compelling story based around a great concept.

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D said on May 27, 2011 | Add your feedback

*** This comment contains spoilers! ***

What does "gifted" mean? One has an uncommon sense and knows what others cannot? One can tell which factory a can of food from and the working conditions there by just having a bite? Then is "gifted" a gift? To Rose, the heroine of this novel, her ability to tell the feelings/desires/moods from the ... (continue)

What does "gifted" mean? One has an uncommon sense and knows what others cannot? One can tell which factory a can of food from and the working conditions there by just having a bite? Then is "gifted" a gift? To Rose, the heroine of this novel, her ability to tell the feelings/desires/moods from the food that people make is deinitely nothing to celebrate. SPOILER! Due to her "gift", she has to swallow down her mother's bitterness and later an affair. Vendor machines become her life support. SPOILER ends! The story is genuine; the writing is of style. It's like a lemon cake. The flavor is not strong but hard to resist. Rose becomes a friend when I see her grow from 9 to 22. From her eyes, George (her brother Joseph's buddy) reminds me of the boy lived next door when I was a child. I thought of giving this book 5 stars. However, the development of Joseph's character is not very convincing. I take away one.

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Agatha_Ngai said on Aug 20, 2010 | Add your feedback