The Warmest December

The Warmest December

<DIV>"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction."<BR>--<B><I>Publishers Weekly</I></B><BR><BR>"Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes."<br>--Toni Morrison, author of <I>Beloved</I><BR><BR>"The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it’s familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this <I>Precious</I>-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns."<BR>--<B><I>Bust</I></B> magazine<BR><BR>"This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told."<BR>--<I>The Dallas Morning News</I><BR><BR><I>The Warmest December</I> is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.<BR><BR>Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels.<BR></DIV>