A review by thespinedown
Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden

sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden is a small town story, set during the 50s, of a friendship between a daughterless-mother named Pearl and a motherless-daughter named Sugar. People disapprove of this relationship because Pearl is a church going woman and Sugar is a prostitute. I would have never guessed the ending of this book and will definitely be picking up the sequel, The Bitter Earth, to continue following Sugar’s story!