· Bernice L. McFadden's Sugar is a novel about finding your place in the world and in the family you create for yourself. It takes place in Arkansas, when Sugar, a vivacious and unapologetic sex worker, moves to the small, Christian town of Bigelow/5. Sugar brings a Southern African-American town vividly to life, with its flowering magnolia trees, lingering scents of jasmine and honeysuckle, and white picket fences that keep strangers out–but ignorance and superstition in. To read this novel is to take a journey through loss and suffering to a place of forgiveness, understanding, and grace. "Sugar" by Bernice L. McFadden is this author's debut novel and what a striking launch for her writing career. A friend recommended this book and she said it was the best book she's read in over two years and this women ain't never told a lie! Ms. McFadden tells the story of Sugar with boldness and passion.4/5(7).
SUGAR. by Bernice L. McFadden ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, African-American McFadden presents a sometimes schematically plotted but sweet debut tale of an unlikely friendship between two women. Set in a fictional small town of s Arkansas, the story vividly evokes the life and time of a community still haunted by racism. Sugar by Bernice L McFadden starting at $ Sugar has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. ― Bernice L. McFadden, quote from Sugar "When things were bad, time had a habit of taking its time to pass, making sure you experienced every painful moment. When things were good and contentment abundant, time moved like the wind, hurrying precious moments along and forcing things that normally require nurturing to grow and forge quickly.
"Sugar" by Bernice L. McFadden is this author's debut novel and what a striking launch for her writing career. A friend recommended this book and she said it was the best book she's read in over two years and this women ain't never told a lie! Ms. McFadden tells the story of Sugar with boldness and passion. BERNICE L. McFADDEN is the author of ten critically acclaimed novels including Praise Song for the Butterflies (Long listed for the Women's Prize in Fiction) The Book of Harlan (winner of a American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction) Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the Notable Books of ) and Glorious. Sugar: A Novel by McFadden, Bernice L.. Dutton Adult. Used - Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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