Name Ain't Sugar

<p><em>Name Ain't Sugar </em>is a comic prison tale set in Louisiana during the nineties told by a very unlikely narrator. We hear of Brad a simple cowboy from the piney woods of Bossier Parish who has had little contact with the world beyond those woods. At Angola Penitentiary Brad serves his time in a secret prison camp for problem inmates. On his quest to compete in the prison rodeo Brad faces prejudice-but also discovers he has more friends than he realized.</p><p></p><p>There are prison rodeos a prison break a chain gang and a riot. The story includes a prison medic two beauty queens an arsonist two Saints fans a dog six cats a turkey a dozen cows and a unique horse. It begins in New Orleans and explores serious subjects such as grief prejudice gender identity and death-though always told with hope and humor.</p><p></p><p>The narrator may be speaking of Angola when she tells Brad We're just at the bus station. This isn't the end of the line.</p>