![]() ![]() Need anyįifteen years later, Pearl is still trying to come to terms with Jude's death. (That was only a half truth.) But no one would say it above a whisper. The murder had white man written all over it. Her death sends the whole community into shock and devastates her parents, Pearl and Joe Taylor. In the Spring of 1940, a little girl, Jude, is found dead in Bigelow, Arkansas, in the most brutal manner possible. The very first page was stunning both in its prose and in it's sharp narration. Bernice McFadden's writing is so beautiful, that I just lost myself in it. ![]() Right then I was hooked, and had to resist from reading further. I had read the first page of this book, soon as it arrived at my doorstep. What follows is an unlikely friendship over a sweet potato pie - a friendship that transforms both women and affects many other lives. Pearl strives to connect with this woman, while Sugar yearns to stay away from people. ![]() When Pearl finally sees Sugar, she is shocked by her similarity in profile to Jude, her daughter who was brutally murdered more than fifteen years ago. As curious women strive to get a glance at Sugar, Pearl's curiosity is aroused. On a hot sunny day, while every resident of Bigelow, Arkansas, awaited a storm, Sugar Lacey waltzes straight through the town to take up residence in Number 10, Grove Street, as Pearl Taylor's neighbor. Source: Received for free from the publisher for review ![]()
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