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Publisher: Plume
Written By: Bernice L. McFadden
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780452283817
Feature: ISBN13: 9780452283817
ISBN: 0452283817
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2002-12-31
Publisher: Plume
Studio: Plume
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ISBN13: 9780452283817
Condition: New
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This Bitter Earth picks up where Sugar left off-on the dirt road leading to Sugar's childhood home in Short Junction, Arkansas. Here, Sugar hears a shocking revelation about unrequited love, and about one man's hatred-and the black magic that has cursed generations. Her travels take Sugar to St. Louis, where the bonds of an old friendship test the limits of her courage and compassion-and the sacrifices she will make for another young woman in desperate need of a caring friend.
Filled with the lyrical language, haunting imagery, and compelling voice that imbued Sugar with its power and grace, This Bitter Earth is a novel about the inexorable power the past exerts over us and our ability to triumph over adversity and sorrow. Earthy and richly evocative, it is a testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
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Summary: Full Circle
Comment: All I can say is that this book had me gasping all the way til the end. I can't describe how much I enjoyed this book. Of course we know that Sugar ended with Sugar Lacey leaving Bigelow, AR wounded mentally and physically. This book picks her up walking back to the home she was raised in with the Lacey sisters.
At the Lacey home Sugar finally gets the answers she have been looking for all her life. When all the Lacey sisters die she retraces her steps back to Mary's house in St. Louis. In Sugar, she found her "smile" in this very home but now she finds tragedy. Sugar buries Mary and rescues Mercy from a downward spiral. Sugar heads to the only place she knows that heals, Bigelow. Upon arrival in Bigelow, Sugar is immediately confronted with the past.
Sugar went backward to move forward and redeemed herself along with a few others. McFadden really grew as a writer from her first novel Sugar to this her third. There was never a dull moment. You would have to read Sugar to really appreciate how McFadden tied every loose end into a knot in This Bitter Earth. I really hated to let this book go. The characters will hold on to me for a while.
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Summary: Excellent Purchase
Comment: I was very pleased with the value for my money. The book arrived prior to the projected date and was in better condition than described.
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Summary: Wanted More Sugar
Comment: As soon as I finished reading "Sugar", I wanted to read more about Ms. Sugar and Bernice McFadden delivered. Once again, I was catapulted inside Sugar's southern life, secrets, discrimination and her yearning to be happy. I loved every sentence because the author writing is hypnotizing. After reading Sugar, I wanted more because Sugar had touched my spirit. Ms. McFadden's writing is reminiscent of Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. She is able to evoke feelings of joy, sadness, and discovery. Therefore after reading this book you will be "changed" and that is a hard feat for a writer to accomplish.
If you crave literature, treat yourself. You should read "Sugar" first however, because this is a sequel.
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Summary: Best followup book
Comment: This is one of the best follow up books I have read. Usually part 2 is lacking but not this time. It was great to have all questions answered from book one. The book holds your attention from page one and does not disappoint.
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Summary: This Bitter Earth
Comment: I read this book for my book club and wasn't sure what to expect when I began reading it, but I was pleasantly surprised by how engaged I became in the characters. McFadden did a good job of looping the storyline, and history of each character together in a way that kept you reading with a burning desire to know what will happen next! As the author strung the life of the main character, Sugar Lacey, together for us, bits and pieces of her life and her relation to the other characters in the story is revealed in a back stroy fashion. Each side story help to unravel many of the unanswered questions in Sugar's life and past. Together all of these side stories come together to answer the one burning question we are faced with at the beginning of the book....who is lappy? and what did he do! I won't tell you the answer, you'll have to read the book to find out!
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