Bernice L. McFadden

Sugar arrives in the small town of Bigelow, Arkansas, like an ominous storm. She saunters down the street in a blonde wig and spiked heels, cigarette dangling between red-painted lips....

Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most importantly, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon....

Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden's mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan blends the stories of McFadden's familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters....

Three daughters, connected only through their relationship to Amos, a now elderly ex-musician struggling with Alzheimer's disease, find their lives intertwining....

The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make....

Abeo lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine....

Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is and where she comes from....

Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era....

This heartbreaking tale follows two damaged but hopeful souls as they struggle to find love despite the ravages of their pasts....

Camilla spent years disassociating herself from her dysfunctional family, creating a new life and new self-image.....