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Sugar: A Novel | Bernice L. McFadden
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"Strong and folksy storytelling...think Zora Neale Hurston...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. 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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Nebklvr
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I have feelings of hostility towards Ms Mcfadden. How could she treat Sugar this way?! This was well written but so very grim.

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jenniferw88
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As I can't fit 22 books on a collage, I've screeshotted my #auldlangspine list for @AllDebooks as well as 9 other books for my #top22of22 list @Cinfhen . Bottom 2 books should be read in order shown, as they follow quite nicely on from each other. And the Fraser is also known as The Gunpowder Plot.

I don't think I'm going to get any more 5 🌟 reads this year, and some of these aren't 5, but close enough to warrant a spot on my list.

AllDebooks That's amazing, thank you. I have all of these already 😍 2y
Cinfhen I need to switch to my iPad 😂😂old granny eyes can‘t read the list 🤣Thanks for sharing!! Can‘t wait to check out all your titles!!! 2y
Cinfhen I saw your #ALSpine list 🙌🏻 EXCELLENT choices from the ones I‘ve read‼️‼️‼️ 2y
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jenniferw88 @Cinfhen if you haven't read the Margolyes one yet, I can thoroughly recommend the audio! 2y
Cinfhen I started it a few weeks ago, after you recommended it but I wasn‘t really feeling it. I‘m not super familiar with the actress so I wasn‘t that invested in her story, which was VERY DETAILED oriented 2y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen fair enough! She's definitely not for everybody. 2y
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jhod
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Thanks @jenniferw88 for the next #lmpbc choice! I'm still working my way through your next one @Mrs_B (is a bit of a slog...!) But hope to finish in the next couple of days! This one looks great!

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jenniferw88
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5 🌟! I really enjoyed your pick @Mrs_B ~ it took me on an emotional rollercoaster! I hope to send to @jhod in the next 2 weeks. #lmpbc

jenniferw88 @jhod @Mrs_B planning on sending Tuesday. 2y
Mrs_B I was just thinking about you - I saw the Chase won a bafta! 2y
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Mrs_B
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Sorry for not putting this on sooner @jhod @jenniferw88 ! I hope you find this an enthralling read too. Jenny if it didn‘t arrive today then it should be with you Monday - it went out this week! #lmpbc

jhod Mine is going in the post today, so sorry for delay - am starting the next one immediately! And thanks @jenniferw88 for the next one - will post a pic later! 3y
Mrs_B @jhod thank you! 3y
jenniferw88 It did arrive on the Monday! 3y
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Mrs_B @jenniferw88 excellent, how are you getting on? 3y
jenniferw88 @Mrs_B on p91 - been distracted by other books 😂😂😂 3y
Mrs_B @jenniferw88 #bookworm problems!!! 😂 3y
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Mrs_B
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Do any of these take your fancy? #LMPBC @jenniferw88 @jhod

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jenniferw88 #3 or #4 for me. @jhod just an idea if we go for Sugar and Their Eyes Were Watching God would you have a book with a BIPOC author/character to complete the theme? No probs if you don't want to go down this route. 3y
Mrs_B @jenniferw88 interestingly, in the foreword, McFadden actually credits Hurston as inspiring her to write. So could be a good pairing! 3y
jhod I've read 2 but happy with any of the others! And I'm sur I do - let me check... 3y
Mrs_B @jhod @jenniferw88 great - will go with Sugar. 😃 3y
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kellock
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I really liked this one. Off to see if i can find book 2

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kellock
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Next up . . .

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GatheringBooks
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Books that begin #BeginsWith #Sugar

Eggs Perfection 🍭🍬 3y
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S3V3N
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#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
1. Yes, mostly because of work (High School Teacher).
2. Cover art is not a factor, but I have bought books because of the cover. LOL

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Cinfhen
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BarbaraBB You are a reading machine! You should slow down or we have to come up with new challenges for you by the end of March 😉❤️ 4y
BarbaraBB That might be quite fun I realize, all three of us making a bingo card especially for you. It‘d give you 75 more books to read 😉😀 4y
Cinfhen Hahah that‘s hilarious @BarbaraBB 💕💕💕I‘ve literally been on lockdown since I returned from the States....I think we had 3 weeks where stores were open since November 😫 4y
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TrishB Wow 😳 4y
BarbaraBB I agree reading circumstances are perfect 😉 4y
rockpools 😯😶🎉🎉🎉Wow! 4y
squirrelbrain 😲🤗🥳 4y
Cinfhen Let‘s see what I manage in February @squirrelbrain @rockpools @BarbaraBB @TrishB 😊😜 4y
KarenUK Just amazing! 💕 4y
Kalalalatja So impressive! And I‘m all for @BarbaraBB idea of a personalized bingo board for you 😂 4y
Soubhiville Yes! 📚📚📚 4y
Megabooks Wow!!!! You are doing excellent!!! #impressed 4y
Crazeedi Holy moly you are killing it! Great job!! 4y
britt_brooke Daaaaaang! 🙌🏻 4y
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whatkhrysreads
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Well I wasn‘t expecting that ending! There were some parts that dragged but I gave this book 3.5 stars. Have you read it? If so have you also read the sequel? Let‘s discuss.

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Lesliereads
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Bernice McFadden poured love and richly descriptive prose into this raw, hurting story about generations of African-American women‘s lives, tragedies, and balms in the claustrophobic southern town of Bigelow, roughly between the years 1940 to 1955. Yes, Sugar Lacey is a pariah and a whore, but her history is intertwined with nearly everyone else‘s - whether they know it or not. 💞💔#bernicemcfadden

SW-T Love McFadden! Always enjoy reading her works. 🥰 4y
Lesliereads @SW-T This is my 3rd book of hers-I‘m going to read more😊 4y
she.hearts.horror One of my faves 4y
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rmaclean4
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Amazing debut novel. Brutal and beautiful. A view of real love and loss. So glad to have found this author. Not an easy read due to the violence, but so worth it. 5 🌟

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rmaclean4
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#bookreport it is going to a great reading week. I am close to finishing all three of the physical books. Just starting my next audiobook!

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BrownGirlReading
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This year is the 20th anniversary of Sugar. If you haven‘t read this bid I strongly suggest you do. It‘s a wonderful story of how two women‘s meeting changes their lives. Sugar Lacey waltzes into Bigelow, Arkansas and Pearl and Joe won‘t be ready to forget her. Told through life like characters, this story begins with tragedy and builds towards hope. Pick up the new edition of Sugar and enjoy! It was a reread for me and I loved it even more.

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BrownGirlReading
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Authors whose books I'll always buy when a new release comes out. Like who could resist buying any of these ladies' books?! #autobuyauyhors #bibliophileworldmaychallenge #readsoullit #blackwomenwriters

Books_Wine_Repeat Agreed! I could read Adichie every day! ❤️ 7y
Notafraidofwords Love Bernice! I've read her entire catalog. 7y
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BrownGirlReading I'm reading her entire catalogue this year in order of publication. Have read about 4 of them in the past. I was lucky to have met her recently. 7y
Hazel2019 I love 💕 the idea of doing a collage of authors whose work you‘ll always buy! I was reading through posts on Sugar and saw this. I‘m curious, is your list still the same or has it evolved (grown?) I‘m going to put together mine, I‘m curious what‘ll be...never stopped to think about it much... 4y
BrownGirlReading @Hazel2019 For the mist part there are new people too. The years are going by and Wi‘m discovering new and old works every year. I love a lot of different authors. 4y
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CrowCAH
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#sugar https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg #lyricalapril

Couldn't find a book with sugar in my library or on Goodreads, so you get a chocolate egg, with a surprise toy inside! 😊

Rachbb3 I love these. I used to live in Germany and we had these all the time. ❤ 8y
josie281 I miss them! 8y
LeahBergen Are they still "illegal" in the US? ? 8y
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booksandsympathy @LeahBergen I don't think they are anymore. I work in a store that sells kinder products, and for years we were told we couldn't sell the eggs. Then we started getting things similar to the kinder ones. Then we got the kinder ones in for Easter. 8y
LeahBergen @booksandsympathy Oh, good! It always made me laugh to think of some nefarious Kinder smuggling ring. 😉 8y
booksandsympathy Lol. That would be amusing. 8y
Cinfhen My US relatives; aka nieces and nephews go CRAZZZZZY for chocolate eggs!!! That's all they want me to bring them, when I come in for visits ❤️❤️❤️ 8y
CrowCAH @Rachbb3 @josie281 I love them, too, and missed them for a time, but now they're back!!! 😊 8y
CrowCAH @LeahBergen @booksandsympathy they were illegal for a time, but like she said for this past Easter my Dad was able to find them in Michigan!!! 8y
CrowCAH @Cinfhen chocolate eggs are sehr gut!!! (German translation: very good) 8y
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specklife
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Loved. This. Book.

Notafraidofwords I have read her entire catalog. 8y
Notafraidofwords She's awesome. 8y
specklife Agreed!! 8y
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specklife
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This makes me smile just the teensiest little bit...