6/5/2023 0 Comments Sugar by mcfadden![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() McFadden is the author of the novels Gathering of Waters, Glorious, and This Bitter Earth. 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. A convicted sex offender and two missing teenage girls were believed to be among seven bodies found at the man’s Oklahoma home on Monday, authorities said. Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both women's lives-and the life of an entire town. In a press conference held on Thursday, Okmulgee Police said that Jesse McFadden, 39 Brittany Brewer, 16 Ivy Webster, 14 Tiffany Guess, 13 Michael Mayo, 15 Rylee Allen, 17 and Holly Guess, 35, were found dead by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Associated Press. Sugar moves next door to Pearl, who is still grieving for the daughter who was murdered fifteen years before. Sugar speaks of what is real." - The Dallas Morning News 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. "Strong and folksy storytelling.think Zora Neale Hurston. ![]()
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