Sugar

20th Anniversary Editionwith a New Foreword by Kimberly Elise. A novel by a critically acclaimed voice in contemporary fiction praised by Ebony for its unforgettable images unique characters and moving story that keeps the pages turning until the end.. A young prostitute comes to Bigelow Arkansas to start over far from her haunting past. Sugar moves next door to Pearl who is still grieving for the daughter who was murdered fifteen years before. Over sweet-potato pie an unlikely friendship begins transforming both women''s livesand the life of an entire town.. Sugar brings a Southern African-American town vividly to life with its flowering magnolia trees lingering scents of jasmine and honeysuckle and white picket fences that keep strangers outbut ignorance and superstition in. To read this novel is to take a journey through loss and suffering to a place of forgiveness understanding and grace.