bbThe inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernaybrbbbrbQueen 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.bbr--bTayari Jonesb, author of iAn American MarriageibrbbbrReaders, booksellers, and critics alike are embracing iQueen Sugar iand 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. pWhen 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 overwhel