From an exciting new voice in African-American contemporary fiction comes a novel
Ebony praised for its "unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end."
The Chicago Defender calls
Sugar
"a literary explosion...McFadden reveals amazing talent." The novel
opens when a young prostitute comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start over,
far from her haunting past. Sugar moves next door to Pearl, who is
still grieving for the daughter who was murdered fifteen years before.
Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both
women's lives--and the life of an entire town.
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. McFadden is the
author of the novels Gathering of Waters, Glorious, and This Bitter Earth.
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