Queen Sugar: A Novel

Queen Sugar: A Novel

<b>“Smart and heartfelt and highly recommended.” —Karen Joy Fowler, author of <i>The Jane Austen Book Club<br /></i><br /><b>The inspiration for the highly anticipated 13-part TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey, directed by Ava DuVernay </b><i><b>(<i>Selma</i>)</b></i><b>, and starring Rutina Wesley</b><i><b> (<i>True Blood</i>)</b></i><b>, premiering September 6th on OWN.</b></b><br /><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.<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>