The Warmest December by Bernice L Mcfadden
McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction.--Publishers Weekly Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes.
--Toni Morrison, author of Beloved The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it's familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this Precious-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns.
--Bust magazine This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told.
--The Dallas Morning News The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make. Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels.
Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors' Choice and one of the 100 Notable Novels of 2012), Glorious, and The Book of Harlan (winner of a 2017 American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Best Literary Work, Fiction) are among Bernice L.McFadden's critically praised novels.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525945642 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525945644 |
| Title | The Warmest December |
| Author | Bernice L Mcfadden |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2001-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 239 |
| Prizes | Winner of Gold Pen Awards (Mainstream Fiction) 2001, Short-listed for Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Fiction) 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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