Combining original characters with fictionalized versions of historical figures, tells the story of African-American author Easter Bartlett's journey through the Jim Crow South to the vibrant cultural
?100 Notable Books of 2012” ?New York Times?50 Best Books of 2012” ?Washington Post"McFadden works a kind of miracle -- not only do [her characters] retain their appealing humanity; their story eclips
?100 Notable Books of 2012” ?New York Times?50 Best Books of 2012” ?Washington Post"McFadden works a kind of miracle -- not only do [her characters] retain their appealing humanity; their story eclips
"Strong and folksy storytelling...think Zora Neale Hurston...Sugar speaks of what is real." --The Dallas Morning NewsFrom an exciting new voice in African-American contemporary fiction comes a novel E
In This Bitter Earth, Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she’d come to break with the past. With her worn leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the pryin
"McFadden works a kind of miraclenot only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises . . . Beautiful and evocat
"McFadden works a kind of miraclenot only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises . . . Beautiful and evocat
"McFadden works a kind of miracle--not only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises...Beautiful and evocative."--Jesm
"McFadden works a kind of miracle--not only do her characters retain their appealing humanity; their story eclipses the bonds of history to offer continuous surprises...Beautiful and evocative."--Jesm
"Compelling, beautifully written, and profoundly human, McFadden has conjured a tale of a fractured family who journey across the country and back through history to unearth painful truths that unexpe
"Loving Donovan firmly establishes McFadden among the ranks of those few writers of whom you constantly beg for more."--Black Issues Book ReviewWith a new introduction by Terry McMillan.The first sect
"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold
Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer af
Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn f
The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eve
Three bestselling authors join talents in a multi-dimensional novel that illustrates the importance of love, family, and forgiveness.Three daughters, connected only through their relationship to Amos,
