Bernice L. McFadden
Teoksen Sugar: A Novel tekijä
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Delta noir 3 kappaletta
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Associated Works
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (2021) — Avustaja — 838 kappaletta
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (2019) — Avustaja — 254 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- McFadden, Bernice L.
- Muut nimet
- Holliday, Geneva
- Syntymäaika
- 1966
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
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Kirja-arvosteluja
Loving Donovan Tekijä: Bernice L. McFadden
This romantic and realistic fiction, in three parts: Campbell (her), Donovan (him), and Them (together), is filled with the anguish of two lovers from broken childhoods that included sexual abuse, grandmotherly domination, and pregnancy at fifteen. Campbell takes her pain and creates collages, but Donovan is stymied and stuck. When they meet, there's hope in their joining. The writing is tense and filled with almost disbelief at the ability for these two broken people to try to make each other compensation for all the wrongs.… (lisätietoja)
½
I loved that white people were only in the periphary in this novel. It was good to read about the daily live and struggles of black people without it being slavery or constant threats of death from racists Southerners. They just lived lives marked by tragedy and tried their best to be who they were.
I loved Pearl and Sugar's relationship.
I loved Pearl and Sugar's relationship.
Tämä arvostelu kirjoitettiin LibraryThingin Varhaisia arvostelijoita varten.An amazing and outstanding book. I loved the progression of the protagonist as she found her strength and her voice. I highly recommend
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