Queen Sugar: A Novel

Queen Sugar: A Novel

<b><b>The inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay<br><br><b>€œSmart and heartfelt and highly recommended.€ €"Karen Joy Fowler, author of <i>The Jane Austen Book Club</i></b><br></b></b><br>Readers, booksellers, and critics alike are embracing <i>Queen Sugar </i>and cheering for its heroine, Charley Bordelon, an African American woman and single mother struggling to build a new life amid the complexities of the contemporary South.<br><br>When Charley unexpectedly inherits eight hundred acres of sugarcane land, she and her eleven-year-old daughter say goodbye to smoggy Los Angeles and head to Louisiana. She soon learns, however, that cane farming is always going to be a white man€s business. As the sweltering summer unfolds, Charley struggles to balance the overwhelming challenges of a farm in decline with the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart.