She made her way down the main road past the white-washed homes with their large wrap-around porches and picket fences. But now they publicly stated it, because they had a right and reason to. Words no self-respecting, God-fearing man or woman would ever use in public. Called her things they had only whispered under their breath, or in their bedrooms when the doors were closed tight and passion drove them into saying it. Named her without an introduction, without two words ever passing between them. 31.People named her right there and then. 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

Sugar by mcfadden