Sugar Land

By: Tammy Lynne Stoner

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Synopsis: A novel of a lesbian coming of age in Depression-era small-town Texas: &“The love child of Fannie Flagg and Rita Mae Brown . . . [a] ravishing debut.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) It's 1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend―who also happens to be a girl. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men. Once there, she befriends inmate and soon-to-be legendary blues singer Lead Belly, who sings his way out (true story)―but only after he makes her promise to free herself from her own prison… &“The story takes many delightful twists and turns, always described succinctly and colorfully by this narrator, who is irresistible even on days when she's &‘retaining enough water to grow rice in Arizona&’ . . . A postcard of small-town Texas life from Prohibition through civil rights, tracing the treatment and awareness of gay people through these decades.&” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) &“How can you not adore a novel about love, food, and how working in a prison can help you discover who you really are? Every page has a beating heart; every character is so alive, you swear you hear them breathing. Stoner is an original and this debut is just fantastic.&” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times–bestselling author of With or Without You