Excellent book - the story is full of emotions - sadness, happiness, guilt, fear, hope
Sugar, a young prostitute, comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start a new life. She moves in next door to Pearl and Joe, who are still grieving over their murdered daughter. An unlikely friendship develops between Sugar and Pearl as they learn to trust each other and finally confide in each other. There are so many connections in the story between different people........it keeps the reader on edge. It makes the reader want to read the story carefully so as not to miss any of the connections. The author presents them in subtle ways, which is interesting. She doesn't blatantly throw them into the story.
Although the ending is realistic, I had hoped for a happier one.
I would read this again someday.
Sugar, a young prostitute, comes to Bigelow, Arkansas, to start a new life. She moves in next door to Pearl and Joe, who are still grieving over their murdered daughter. An unlikely friendship develops between Sugar and Pearl as they learn to trust each other and finally confide in each other. There are so many connections in the story between different people........it keeps the reader on edge. It makes the reader want to read the story carefully so as not to miss any of the connections. The author presents them in subtle ways, which is interesting. She doesn't blatantly throw them into the story.
Although the ending is realistic, I had hoped for a happier one.
I would read this again someday.
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