Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

 aired the week of February 16, 2026

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson opens with siblings Byron and Benny returning to their southern California home after the death of their mother.  As they sit and listen to what she recorded for them everything they thought they knew about their parents and family is completely blown apart.  How will these adults reconcile what they have just learned with the life they thought they knew.  Recommended for fans of sweeping family sagas like Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.