Pearl talks about Jude as she has never done before, lets Sugar give her a fashion makeover, and goes to a club to hear Sugar sing, in return for getting Sugar to attend church. Learning that she had inherited this house, she came back to Arkansas. Sugar’s mother abandoned her in a local bordello run by the black Lacey sisters Sugar was raped there, became a whore, and then moved north. She eventually wins a hardened Sugar over, and the two women share their life’s stories.
Pearl, reluctant to believe that Sugar is a whore, and affected by Sugar’s striking resemblance to Jude, tries to make friends. Sugar, born in a nearby town, soon scandalizes the locals because she sits naked in front of her windows and has men visitors. But when Sugar moves next door, her life begins to change. Pearl, Jude’s mother, never recovered from the event she retreated into herself, dressed like an old woman, and was sexually cool to husband Joe. The people are poor, work hard, and have been so badly treated by whites that fifteen years ago when teenaged Jude Taylor was found murdered and her body horribly mutilated, it was assumed the perpetrator was a white man. Set in a fictional small town of 1950s Arkansas, the story vividly evokes the life and time of a community still haunted by racism. a must read book' 'Well-written with rich characters and many twists and turns' 'So descriptive yet easy to read, and it made me fall in love with all the characters 'This Bitter Earth, the sequel to Sugar, will be reissued as a Vintage Classic in July 2022 and is available to pre-order now.African-American McFadden presents a sometimes schematically plotted but sweet debut tale of an unlikely friendship between two women. beautifully written, raw and impactful' 'Riveting, heart-breaking' 'Very powerful, poignant' 'Beautifully written.
Readers are falling for Sugar 'Such an enjoyable read. As these next-door neighbours become unlikely friends, they wonder if their lives could finally be changing for the better. Then she meets Pearl, a woman trying to forget her own traumas. Soon Bigelow is alight with gossip and suspicion, and Sugar fears her past is catching up with her.
Young and confident, with a swagger in her step, Sugar arrives in the southern town of Bigelow hoping to start over. 'The storm walked into their small town on two legs in spiked, red patent leather heels' Perfect for fans of The Vanishing Half and Where the Crawdads Sing, Sugar is a classic waiting to be rediscovered.
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