Below is a list
of Bernice’s other books:
Praise Song for the Butterflies
Abeo Kata 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, hoping that the sacrifice of his
daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors.
The Book of Harlan
The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of
Harlan's parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent
minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he
eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend,
trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the
Parisian enclave of Montmartre--affectionately referred to as "The Harlem
of Paris" by black American musicians--Harlan jumps at the opportunity,
convincing Lizard to join him. But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation,
Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald--the notorious concentration camp
in Weimar, Germany--irreparably changing the course of Harlan's life. Based on
exhaustive research and told in McFadden's mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan skillfully blends
the stories of McFadden's familial ancestors with those of real and imagined
characters.
Sugar: A Novel
The novel opens when a young prostitute comes to Bigelow,
Arkansas, to start over, far from her haunting past. Sugar moves next door to
Pearl, who is still grieving for the daughter who was murdered fifteen years
before. Over sweet-potato pie, an unlikely friendship begins, transforming both
women's lives--and the life of an entire town. Sugar brings a Southern African-American town vividly to life,
with its flowering magnolia trees, lingering scents of jasmine and honeysuckle,
and white picket fences that keep strangers out--but ignorance and superstition
in. To read this novel is to take a journey through loss and suffering to a
place of forgiveness, understanding, and grace. McFadden is the author of
the novels Gathering of Waters, Glorious, and This
Bitter Earth.
This Bitter Earth (Sugar Book 2)
Sugar Lacey is on her way out
of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she’d come to break with the past. With her worn
leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the prying eyes
of its small-minded, cruel-hearted townsfolk, praying for the strength to keep
going. She doesn’t stop until she arrives at her childhood home in Short
Junction. Here she learns the truth about her parentage: a terrible tale
of unrequited love, of one man’s enduring hatred, and of the black magic that
has cursed generations of Lacey women. A powerfully realized novel that
brings back the unforgettable characters from Sugar, McFadden’s bestselling debut, This Bitter Earth is a
testament to the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
Loving Donovan
The first section of McFadden's
unconventional love story belongs to Campbell. Despite being born to a
brokenhearted mother and a faithless father, Campbell still believes in the
power of love...if she can ever find it. Living in the same neighborhood, but
unknown to Campbell until a chance meeting brings them together, is Donovan,
the "little man" of a shattered home--a family torn apart by anger
and bitterness. In the face of daunting
obstacles, Donovan dreams of someday marrying, raising a family, and playing in
the NBA. But deep inside, Campbell and Donovan live with the histories that
have shaped their lives. What they discover--together and apart--forms the
basis of this compelling, sensual, and surprising novel
Glorious
Glorious is set against the
backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights
era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of Bernice L.
McFadden’s rich imagination, this is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a
fictional Harlem Renaissance writer whose tumultuous path to success, ruin, and
revival offers a candid portrait of the American experience in all its beauty and
cruelty. Glorious is ultimately an audacious exploration into the nature
of self-hatred, love, possession, ego, betrayal, and, finally, redemption.
Keeper of Keys
A young
woman finds out that she has AIDS and considers ending her life.
Nowhere is a Place
Nothing can mend a broken heart
quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is,
where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one
summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig
into her family's past. Like many family histories, it is fractured and
stubbornly reluctant to reveal its secrets; but Sherry is determined to know
the full story. In just a few days' time, her extended family will gather for a
reunion, and Sherry sets off across the country with her mother, Dumpling, to
join them. What Sherry and Dumpling find on their trip is far more important
than scenic sites here and there--it is the assorted pieces of their family's
past. Pulled together, they reveal a history of amazing survival and abundant
joy.
The Warmest December
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, 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.
Camilla's Roses
Unfolding in a progression of
stirring and powerful chapters, Camillas Roses presents a life haunted by the
past. Camillas childhood was immersed in chaos and love, and steeped in the
myth of perfection. As an adult, she never looked back, refusing to acknowledge
the people and places that had scarred her so many years ago. But a legacy of
cancer proves inescapable, forcing Camilla to embrace the pastno matter how
painful it may beand to salvage what is left of her love in order to save her
daughter. As Camilla discovers the bittersweet limitations of motherhood and
reconciliation, she also awakens an inspiring message about the mortality
issues we all must face.
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