When Sugar, a prostitute who never had a chance for love or a normal life, moves into the house next door to Pearl, a matron who lost her spirit after the murder of her daughter 15 years before, the two women form a bond strong enough to withstand even the most vicious gossip. Sugar speaks of what is real."- The Dallas Morning News "A literary explosion.McFadden reveals amazing talent."- The Chicago Defender "McFadden's debut novel is an earthy slice of life in a small Southern town.
Praise for Sugar This book is so engaging and beautiful and intriguing and satisfying that I could not put it down.- Tarana Burke for Elle "Strong and folksy storytelling.think Zora Neale Hurston.
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. Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both women's lives-and the life of an entire town. 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.īook Synopsis 20th Anniversary Edition-with a New Foreword by Kimberly Elise A novel by a critically acclaimed voice in contemporary fiction, praised by Ebony for its "unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end." A young prostitute comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start over, far from her haunting past. She moves in next door to Pearl, who is still grieving for her daughter, murdered 15 years before. About the Book Sugar, a young prostitute arrives in Bigelow, Arkansas, to start her life over, far from her haunting past.
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