She doesn't stop until she arrives at her childhood home in Short Junction. With her worn leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the prying eyes of its small-minded, cruel-hearted townsfolk, praying for the strength to keep going. In This Bitter Earth, Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she'd come to break with the past. McFadden's incredible classic debut and the Richard and Judy 2021 Book Club pick, Sugar 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. 9781784877316 Sugar 31.5000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/contemporary An unforgettable story of friendship and forgiveness in a small town in the American South, SUGAR is a classic of commercial fiction waiting to be rediscovered Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both women's lives - and the life of an entire town. Until, that is, she meets Pearl, her next-door neighbour. Soon Bigelow is alight with gossip and suspicion, and Sugar fears she can't hide from her past.

Young and confident, with a swagger in her step, Sugar arrives in the small southern town of Bigelow with the hope of starting over. An unforgettable story of friendship and forgiveness in a small town in the American South, SUGAR is a classic of commercial fiction waiting to be rediscovered

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