Bernice L. McFadden

A gripping memoir entwined with generations of women whose lives illuminate a century of Black American history. Riveting... one of America's most creative and necessary writers - SAPPHIRE Firstborn Girls is a memoir about four generations of women whose lives illuminate a century of American history, by the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Sugar. On her second...

Buoyed by the lyrical redemptive voice that characterises McFadden's writing, The Warmest December tells the powerful, deeply moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism and abuse that marked the years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, the story moves fluidly between the past and the present as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she...

The Book of Harlan is a celebrated novel that has received multiple accolades: Winner of a 2017 American Book Award Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction) 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee (Fiction) "Simply miraculous . . . As her saga becomes ever more spellbinding, so does the reader's astonishment at the magic she creates. This...