Queen Sugar A Novel

<b><b>The inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay<br></b></b><br><b>"Queen Sugar is a page-turning, heart-breaking novel of the new south, where the past is never truly past, but the future is a hot, bright promise. This is a story of family and the healing power of our connections—to each other, and to the rich land beneath our feet."<b><br>—<b>Tayari Jones</b>, author of <i>An American Marriage</i><br></b></b><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.