{"id":44874,"date":"2024-01-31T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1980441"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:03:05","slug":"black-cake-author-says-its-exciting-to-work-on-series-with-oprah-winfrey","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/black-cake-author-says-its-exciting-to-work-on-series-with-oprah-winfrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Cake author says it\u2019s \u201cexciting\u201d to work on series with Oprah Winfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new drama is based on the best-selling novel by Charmaine Wilkerson. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 at 09:00 AM<\/p>

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If you\u2019re an avid reader of fiction, you\u2019ll undoubtedly have heard of Charmaine Wilkerson\u2019s Black Cake<\/a>, the debut novel<\/a> from the author that quickly skyrocketed up best-selling lists when it was released in 2022.<\/p>\n

It became a New York Times best-seller, was selected as part of Barack Obama\u2019s summer reading list that year, and has now been transformed into an eight-part series by Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey and Aaron Kaplan.<\/p>\n

Cerar adapted the book for the screen, also serving on the series as showrunner and executive producer alongside Oprah Winfrey.<\/p>\n

When chatting to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about the series, author Wilkerson reflected on the process of having her debut novel get a new life on screen \u2013 and having the opportunity to work with Winfrey as a fellow executive producer.<\/p>

She said: \u201cWell, it\u2019s exciting to see the story interpreted for the screen, and even more exciting to know who\u2019s involved, people like Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey and, of course, a number of other executive producers, writers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting thing to see, because when you write a book, you leave a lot to the imagination, and it\u2019s a conversation with the reader. Well, what happens when some of those readers decide to take that story and bring it to life? It\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series centres on a story that spans decades and countries, focusing on a runaway bride who forged a new life for herself \u2013 but also kept secrets and lies, all to be revealed after her death.<\/p>\n

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Chipo Chung as Eleanor in Black Cake.<\/span><\/figcaption> Beth Dubber\/Hulu<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

As per the synopsis: \u201cIn the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica, and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn present-day California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron and Benny, a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese stories, narrated by Eleanor, shock her children and challenge everything they thought they knew about their family\u2019s origin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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