The revelation, understandably, proves disconcerting. Rose Edelstein, the narrator of Aimee Bender's marvelous second novel, "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake," is not a synesthete, but she does have a rather odd ability: Just before her ninth birthday, when Rose samples the lemon chocolate cake that her mother, Beth, made from scratch, she can actually taste her mother's feelings in the cake (which are profoundly unhappy). In the rare neurological condition known as synesthesia, people involuntarily perceive letters, words and even numbers as having distinct colors. By Aimee Bender (Doubleday 292 pages $25.95)
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