The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

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Intriguing and poignantly written * PA Life * A book with such beautiful writing that sometimes I have to stop and taste a sentence a second time -- Jodi Picoult * Grazia * A wonderful metaphor for the child's sense of things that are never mentioned, and Bender writes with wit, warmth and insight * The Times * Quirky, engaging tale of a family endowed with unlikely gifts, the ties that bind people barely conceal the chasms that divide them * Guardian * The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake has at its heart an intriguing and poignant comment on the perils of childhood ... Bender brilliantly dovetails Rose's condition into a parable of the dangers of knowing too much about people, especially your family ... it is fresh and beautifully written * The Sunday Times * A beguiling, offbeat book that reads like a poem * Daily Telegraph * Intense, strange and incredibly moving, it captures the magic and the romance of the unknown. With nods to both Chocolat and The Time Traveler's Wife, this is a beautifully written book and one that you will want to talk about long after you have finished reading it. * Elle * A lovely book, warm and comforting with moments of sadness and brilliantly written * Bookseller * Haunting... Bender's prose delivers electric shocks... Moving, fanciful and gorgeously strange * People Magazine * [A] transformative narrative... powerful * San Francisco Chronicle *