The Cake House
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Soon, however, her father's ghost appears, sometimes in a dark window, sometimes in the house’s lush garden, but always with warnings that Claude is not to be trusted. And as the ghost becomes increasingly violent—and the secrets of her family’s past come to light—Rosie must finally face the truth behind the losses and lies that have torn her life apart.
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Latifah Salom. (2015). The Cake House. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Latifah Salom. 2015. The Cake House. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Latifah Salom, The Cake House. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Latifah Salom. The Cake House. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2015.
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- Rosaura Douglas's father shot himself after her mother left him . . . or at least that's the story everyone is telling. Now her mother has remarried and Rosie is trapped in "The Cake House," a garish pink edifice in the hills of Los Angeles that's a far cry from the cramped apartment where she grew up. It's also the house where her father died—a fact that everyone else who lives there, including her mother, Dahlia, and her mysteriously wealthy stepfather, Claude, want to forget.
Soon, however, her father's ghost appears, sometimes in a dark window, sometimes in the house’s lush garden, but always with warnings that Claude is not to be trusted. And as the ghost becomes increasingly violent—and the secrets of her family’s past come to light—Rosie must finally face the truth behind the losses and lies that have torn her life apart. - reviews
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February 1, 2015
Hamlet, transformed into a teenage girl in Southern California.Rosura Douglas is haunted by her father's ghost from the day he dies in the titular house-she calls it "my prison, this monstrous pink dessert"-which belongs to her new stepfather, Claude, and is her new home. Even more haunting than the ghost, though, is how her life changes when she moves in. Her mother spends many days locked in her room, complaining of terrible headaches. Her stepfather buys her lavish presents that she can't refuse, like a personal darkroom, causing her to feel trapped. And she has strong chemistry with her stepbrother, Alex, who pays attention to her occasionally and ignores her otherwise. When the ghost warns her not to trust Claude, Rosie delves into her stepfather's shady business practices and finds that he's poured his poisonous words into many ears, including her father's, leaving her to wonder how much longer the tenuous world of the Cake House can continue. Like Hamlet, Rosie is traumatized and confused, pressured by her father's ghost and prone to sneaking around to avoid her stepfather. But where Hamlet is red with depression and rage, Rosie's rebellion is pale by comparison. Salom's writing is atmospheric, and her conjuring of the many shadows of Los Angeles provides the perfect backdrop for all the skulking and sulking in the story. The plot is well-executed but ultimately lacks emotion, despite the ghost's desire for revenge. The characters are flat, as though they can't live up to the atmosphere, though the ending does satisfy. Evocative writing in a less-than evocative story.COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Readers will welcome Salom's debut for her nimble prose, as she constructs an otherworldly Southern California setting and introduces a teen narrator. From the explosive first pages, when 14-year-old Rosaura's father is shot dead in the entrance of the grand but sterile cake house of the title, we know that pieces of this mystery will remain teasingly hazy. Rosaura's mother has left her father and married Claude, the house's owner, a man whose moods and wealth seem equally unstable. And come to think of it, how did he make his millions? Rosaura lives with many secrets, including those surrounding the aloof Alex, Claude's son, with whom she shares an attraction. She also sees the angry ghost of her father in the house. Is she losing her mind, or is he real? Overall, Salom's premise is compelling, and her sentences urge readers forward. Although some plot threads fail to satisfy, and a few characters remain one-dimensional, The Cake House is a worthwhile page-turner.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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