![]() Sugar’s heart is hard and when she inherits a modest home in Bigelow she earns a living the only way she knows how. Forced to turn tricks since she was twelve, she’s lived a life of degradation. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, she was raised by three prostitutes who ran an Arkansas bordello. It still breaks the mould – Sugar is not the tart with a heart of gold, but a young woman utterly hardened by her traumatic past. Madeley says of the story: “So begins this first novel by McFadden, written 20 years ago and now deservedly republished. ![]() It tells a poignant tale set in America’s Deep South in the 1950s. ![]() Having debuted in the US back in 2000, it has now been republished across the pond by Vintage Books. Sugar is one of the six-strong lineup to feature in the Autumn Club. The Richard & Judy Book Club has always had a unique ability to uncover stories that have an enormous impact on readers. Titles are hand-picked by the nation's favourite book-loving couple from their own reading pile. McFadden’s novel Sugar has been chosen for Richard & Judy’s prestigious Book Club. ![]()
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