Buoyed by the lyrical, redemptive voice that distinguished McFadden's acclaimed debut novel, this new book tells the powerful, deeply moving story of one family and the alcoholism and abuse that marked their lives forever. Moving fluidly between the past
In This Bitter Earth, Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she’d come to break with the past. With her worn leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the prying eyes of its small-minded, cruel-hearted townsfolk,
An Essence Bestselling AuthorCamilla's Roses presents a life haunted by the past. Camilla's childhood was immersed in chaos and love, steeped in the myth of perfection. As an adult she never looked back, refusing to acknowledge the people and places that
"Strong and folksy storytelling...think Zora Neale Hurston...Sugar speaks of what is real." --The Dallas Morning NewsFrom an exciting new voice in African-American contemporary fiction comes a novel Ebony praised for its "unforgettable images, unique char
Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes
Three bestselling authors join talents in a multi-dimensional novel that illustrates the importance of love, family, and forgiveness.Three daughters, connected only through their relationship to Amos, a now elderly ex-musician struggling with Alzheimer&am
Abebe experiences plenty of joy in Ghana as the privileged daughter of a government employee and stay at home mother. The love that her parents and extended family lavish her with knows no bounds.When the Tsikata’s idyllic life style begins to take a tu
During World War II, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan’s parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his pr
Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of Bernice L. McFadden’s rich imagination, this is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett
