Queen Sugar A Novel - TV Tie-In Author:Natalie Baszile The inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, returning for season two on June 20th — ?Smart and heartfelt and highly recommended.? ?Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club — Readers, booksellers, and critics alike are embracing Queen Sugar and cheering for its heroine, Charley Bordelon, ... more »an African American woman and single mother struggling to build a new life amid the complexities of the contemporary South.
When 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 overwhelming challenges of a farm in decline with the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart.« less