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This Bitter Earth: The Story of Sugar Lacey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452283817)
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xThis powerful sequel to Bernice L. McFadden's bestselling debut Sugar follows a young African-American woman back to her Arkansas hometown, where she must confront difficult truths about her parentage and a curse in her family's past.
When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers is not just a terrible story of unrequited love, but also a tale of black magic that has cursed generations of Lacey women. Armed with newfound knowledge and strength in the face of adversity, Sugar must push through the pain to find her absent father and discover the truth about the curse that has befallen her family line in hopes of breaking it before she passes it on to her own child. A powerfully realized novel that brings back the unforgettable characters from Sugar, This Bitter Earth is a testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Author: Bernice L. McFadden
ISBN-10: 0452283817
ISBN-13: 9780452283817
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2002
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.64d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80643 / This Bitter Earth
When Sugar Lacey returns to Short Junction to find the aunts who raised her, she hopes they will be able to tell her the truth about her parents. What she discovers is not just a terrible story of unrequited love, but also a tale of black magic that has cursed generations of Lacey women. Armed with newfound knowledge and strength in the face of adversity, Sugar must push through the pain to find her absent father and discover the truth about the curse that has befallen her family line in hopes of breaking it before she passes it on to her own child. A powerfully realized novel that brings back the unforgettable characters from Sugar, This Bitter Earth is a testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Author: Bernice L. McFadden
ISBN-10: 0452283817
ISBN-13: 9780452283817
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2002
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.36w x 0.64d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80643 / This Bitter Earth
By Bernice L. McFadden
xBernice L. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors' Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), and Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. She is a three-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of three awards from the BCALA. McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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