March 2009 Issue
Book of Cakes
When asked why she’d never married, Michele replied that she was waiting for her mother to bake her wedding cake. Then she explained her mother had died almost fifteen years before. No one asked twice.
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Karen Ackland
Latté Contributor
Karen Ackland lives with her husband in Santa Cruz, California. Her essays and stories have appeared in Story Quarterly, Quarterly West, Salon.com, Literal Latté, and many others. She considers herself a good cook, but never bakes.