{"product_id":"sugar-paperback","title":"Sugar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernice L. McFadden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20th Anniversary Edition--with a New Foreword by Kimberly Elise \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel by a critically acclaimed voice in contemporary fiction, praised by \u003ci\u003eEbony \u003c\/i\u003efor its \"unforgettable images, unique characters, and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugar\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernice L. McFadden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several critically acclaimed novels including \u003ci\u003ePraise Song for the Butterflies \u003c\/i\u003e(longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction)\u003ci\u003e, Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Harlan\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a 2017 American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction). She is a four-time Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of three awards from the BCALA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.16 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sugar\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227671642361,"sku":"9780452282209","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TEk4WnJzd3FGK2svTE01SlZjbENkQT09.webp?v=1768285268","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sugar-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}