The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a book by Aimee Bender, about a girl, Rose who has the ability "taste' the emotions of a person in the food they make, something that at first seems intriguing to readers. It soon becomes more of a curse to Rose as she begins to taste her mother' emotions in the food she cooks. With such a set-up as this, you would think that the rest of the book would be about Rose's escapades about her emotion tasting adventures. interestingly enough, the book more focuses on Rose's family, and how Rose sees the world as she grows up.
The writing moves smoothly between the different stages in Rose's life, and really make you feel like you are moving along with Rose and what she experiences in her everyday life, which is not much different than yours or mine.
"A book with such beautiful writing that sometimes I have to stop and taste a sentence a second time" says Jodi Picoult, author of best seller
My Sister's Keeper . I couldn't have said it better my self.
