![]() ![]() ![]() Sugar Land is a triumphant, beautiful novel about the heart’s refusal to be denied what the heart wants.ġ. 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. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men. It’s 1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend―who also happens to be a girl. The love child of Fannie Flagg and Rita Mae Brown… ravishing debut.” According to a starred Kirkus Review, Sugar Land “is a postcard of small-town Texas life from Prohibition through civil rights, tracing the treatment and awareness of gay people through these decades. Sugar Land is a southern fried novel about love, Lead Belly, and liberation. I am thrilled she sat down to chat with me and celebrate her debut novel. Tammy Lynne Stoner’s debut, Sugar Land has all those ingredients and more- the type of novel that is the best companion on a cozy fall day. ![]() Looking for a good fall read with heart, soul and perseverance? Then look no further. ![]()
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