Bernice L. McFadden est une romancière acclamée dont dix œuvres explorent des relations humaines complexes et des enjeux sociétaux. Son écriture se caractérise par une honnêteté brute et un aperçu profond de la vie de ses personnages. McFadden explore souvent les thèmes de l'identité, de la résilience et de la recherche d'appartenance, créant des récits riches en puissantes protagonistes féminines. Ses contributions littéraires sont célébrées pour leur profondeur et leur résonance émotionnelle.
Harlan and his best friend are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre, but after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, they are thrown into Buchenwald-the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany-irreparably changing the course of Harlan's life.
"Young and confident, with a swagger in her step, Sugar arrives in the small southern town of Bigelow with the hope of starting over. Soon Bigelow is alight with gossip and suspicion, and Sugar fears she can't hide from her past. Until, that is, she meets Pearl, her next-door neighbour. Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both women's lives - and the life of an entire town. Vividly bringing 1950s Deep South America 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, Sugar takes us on a journey through loss and suffering to a place of forgiveness, understanding, and grace."--Provided by publisher.
McFadden's incredible classic debut, SugarIn This Bitter Earth, Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she'd come to break with the past.
During World War II, two African American musicians, Harlan and Lizard, are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp which changes the course of Harlan's life.--‡cProvided by publisher
A young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa.