Queen Sugar (TV Tie-In), (Paperback)

from Pattymclpn

I have to say that I enjoyed this novel. This is another book with a strong female character taking the lead. It also contains a lot of character growth and the bonding between family members. I found the characters likeable and I felt the book had a strong story line. I did not find it a slow re...

from froxgirl

A novel before it became the latest TV collaboration between Ava DuVernay and Oprah, this story closely resembles the 1984 Sally Field movie Places in the Heart, also about a woman struggling to make a go of a farm, but in this case, with a mostly African American cast. Charlotte (Charly), widowe...

from sfosterg

Recently widowed, Charley Bordelon faced grief once again after her father died and left this Los Angeles native a sugar plantation in his native Louisiana. She and her 13-year old daughter move to Louisiana to take over the farm without having any knowledge of running a sugar plantation. There s...

from witchyrichy

Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile tells the story of a family with tenderness and love. In many ways, it is a typical story: family history causes present feuds as they struggle to revive the family business. But the setting in the Louisiana sugar cane fields and the relationships that develop betwe...

from MarkMeg

I really enjoyed this first novel. Charley, who lives in California, moves to Louisiana to run a sugar cane farm that she has inherited from her father. When she arrives with her daughter Micah she discovers that the farm is in bad shape. Shortly thereafter her no good brother arrives and wants a...