To read this novel is to take a journey through loss and suffering to a place of forgiveness, understanding, and grace. 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. She is the eldest of four children and the mother of one daughter, R’yane Azsa. McFadden’s bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family’s past. Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both women’s lives-and the life of an entire town. McFadden: Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (January 10, 2000) Bernice McFadden’s first novel, Sugar, encapsulates the elements that exemplify the making of a classic. McFadden was born, raised and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Sugar arrives in the small town of Bigelow, Arkansas like an ominous storm. An emotional journey from grief and suffering to understanding and forgiveness, Sugar will keep you turning pages until its graceful conclusion. Sugar moves next door to Pearl, who is still grieving for the daughter who was murdered fifteen years before. Blackboard best-seller Sugar is the superb first novel by Bernice L. Mark your calendars and spread the word ! Please use the hashtag #SugarVersary2020Ī post shared by #LifeAfter on at 12:52pm PDTīook Description Per Penguin Random House:Ī young prostitute comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start over, far from her haunting past. The cat is out of the bag… Here is the 20th anniversary edition of SUGAR complete with forward by the fabulous Kimberly Elise.!!! The paperback will go on sale on 6/22….
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