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Maya Johnson left a comment for Elle Joie

"Dearest Elle, So good to see a familiar name (if not face ... yet) on this side of the web! Best, Maya Johnson"

Jul 28, 2011

Elle Joie left a comment for Bernice L. McFadden

"Of course I know you and your work. I have read all of your novels, discussed "Loving Donovan in a book group, and have admired your writing. I believe I swooned over the way you "layered" the prologue to…"

Jul 26, 2011

Bernice L. McFadden left a comment for Elle Joie

"Dear Book Lover: You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR…"

Dec 4, 2009

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"Elle: Welcome aboard the good ship She Writes! Grand to have you here, in our thriving, dynamic, ever-expanding community of women writers. Explore the site to see what we have to offer, and feel free to shoot us an e-mail with any questions, needs,…"

Nov 30, 2009

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My writing is:: Nonfiction

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My professional associations:: CRLA - College Reading and Learning Association

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At 3:37pm on July 28, 2011, Maya Johnson said…: Dearest Elle,

So good to see a familiar name (if not face ... yet) on this side of the web!

Best,

Maya Johnson

At 9:48am on December 4, 2009, Bernice L. McFadden said…: Dear Book Lover:

You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.

“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”

I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.

If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.

Peace & Light,

Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com

At 7:51am on November 30, 2009, Sarah Saffian said…: Elle: Welcome aboard the good ship She Writes! Grand to have you here, in our thriving, dynamic, ever-expanding community of women writers. Explore the site to see what we have to offer, and feel free to shoot us an e-mail with any questions, needs, thoughts, etc: feedback@shewrites.com.
With every good wish, Sarah Saffian, Editorial Director.