Debut collection of short stories by Jane V. Blunschi. 2017 Selection of the Cypress & Pine Series in Fiction by Yellow Flag Press. ""If these stories werenOt so intelligent, they would be guilty pleasures.OE NPadma Viswanathan, author of The Ever After of Ashwin Rao and The Toss of a Lemon OJane Blunschi doesnOt flinch in her storytelling...O NLucy Jane Bledsoe, author of A Thin Bright Line and The Big Bang Symphony OJane Blunschi is one of the sassiest writers I know. She goes deep, she goes darkEO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENRilla Askew, author ofEKind of Kin OFunny and tragic and leavened by faith, Understand Me, Sugar wages for hope.O NGeffrey Davis, author of Revising the Storm

A relatable early reader that taps into important life lessons about friendship, grief, and talking through feelings. "Debut author Oliveira’s lush prose brings the Portugal setting to life and portrays Amelia’s grief with realism. Her struggle to manage her emotions, as well as the deeper understanding she reaches of herself and the people around her, is endearing and rewarding. Balezza’s b&w pencil illustrations appear throughout, adding nuance to Amelia’s heightened feelings." —Publishers Weekly Ten-year-old Amelia has always had Calvin, her chinchilla friend, to talk to about her problems. But Calvin is no longer in his cage, and her parents just say he’s in a “better place.” When Amelia and her best friend, Camila, have an argument, and Amelia later misses the school talent show, she doesn’t know what to do. Without Calvin, who does she talk to about her disappointments at school? And who does she talk to about missing Calvin? Just when Amelia thinks she’s completely alone, a new student arrives, and they begin to sort things out together. Amelia learns that it’s always possible to make new friends, that expressing yourself can happen in different ways, and that it all starts with talking it out. MORE PRAISE FOR CALVIN AND THE SUGAR APPLES “A sensitive and rich children’s novel—a thoughtful, warm reflection on overcoming loss and embracing change.” —Foreword Reviews “Ten-year-old Amelia is sometimes awkward, often tongue-tied, and ALWAYS a bright shining star, even when she doesn’t know it. Readers will adore her!” —Lauren Myracle, author of best-selling books, ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r

And Joseph Hall, a twenty-one year old police officer, who took a career in law enforcement after graduating from high school-he tried to support his family without succumbing to corruption that he faced each day on the job. The drug dealers were protected by cops, in a small town that becomes the richest town in the world; They’re busy getting rich, gambling, drug trafficking, destroying case files and they want Hall to get on their band wagon-or fired. For Hall, eight years in law enforcement have come down to this: a solo war for his life and job against a corrupted Sheriff, his colleagues with a badge/gun and a drug king pin.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 WINNER OF THE SUSHILA DEVI AWARD 2021 NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2021 A searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal - for fans of Jenny Offill, Deborah Levy, Rachel Cusk and Diana Evans 'Beautifully written, emotionally wrenching and poignant in equal measure' The Booker Prize Judges 2020 'An unsettling, sinewy debut, startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentence' Guardian 'I would be lying if I said my mother's misery has never given me pleasure.' This is a tale of obsession and betrayal. This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Tara and Antara, a woman and her angry shadow. But which one is which? Sharp as a blade and compulsively readable, Burnt Sugar slowly untangles the knot of memory and rumour that binds two women together, revealing the truth that lies beneath. 'A work of extraordinary insight, courage and sophistication' Washington Post 'Arresting and fiercely intelligent, disarmingly witty and frank' Sunday Times 'A sly, slippery, often heartbreaking novel about the role memory plays within families' Stylist 'Extraordinary... Come for the effortlessly stylish writing, stay for the boiling wrath' Observer

Eve and Don Paul shared a forbidden love over nineteen years ago. Through their children, Samantha and Blaine, they are reunited. Upon sight of one another they reminisced of the love they once shared. A love, if reunited, could cause the down fall of both their futures.

Based on the true story of Martin Schiller, a child survivor of the Holocaust, this gripping memoir describes the unfolding horror of the Nazi genocide seen through the eyes of a child. "Menek" (Schiller's childhood nickname) was six-years-old when the Nazis invaded Poland, and his family fled eastward from their native Tarnobrzeg. He was nine when he and his family were interned as slave laborers at the Skarzysko concentration camp, where his father perished. As the Russian army advanced, Menek and his brother were deported to Buchenwald, where Menek survived with the help of a sympathetic Block Elder (a German political prisoner) who placed him in a barrack for Russian POWs. The story of his journey continues after liberation, with their harrowing escape from postwar Poland; the brothers' travels through war-ravaged Germany to find their mother; and the anxiety of the DP camps where the family must decide between Israel or America. This memoir covers the now-emblematic features of a survivor's journey both during and after the war with the intimacy of a young boy's point-of-view, recalling his own thoughts and reactions to events as he tries to make sense of an irrational world.

When Sugar Kane, the boxer turned detective, met his old pal Bobby Hynd at Antrade's place, it never occurred to him that he would be talking over Hynd's case before the week was out, and Kane found himself rapidly caught up in a whirlwind of violence, mystery and vicious murder... The Dead Are Dangerous by John Cassells (a pseudonym of the bestselling Scottish author William Murdoch Duncan; * 18. November 1909 in Glasgow; † 19. April 1975 in Glasgow) was first published in 1966; Apex is publishing a new edition of this classic of crime literature in its ENGLISH CRIME NOVELS series.

The Matador Negro Azucar (Black Matador, Sugar), is the story of a young African-American man, born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, who is obsessed by the idea of becoming a matador. Chester Simmons is opposed by his parents. Bullfighting!? Get serious about yourself, Chester! Dondisha Phillips, the kindergarten teacher who loves him, Chester, you could get hurt messin around with those bulls. Chester trips to Mexico City. He spends time in the projects called Tlaltelolco before he does an espontaneo/jumps into the bullring during a fight in the Plaza Mexico. He does four suicidal passes and is taken under the wing of an unscrupulous promoter, -- re-named Matador, Juan Negro, Azucar. Seor Flores holds him as an indentured servant/bullfighter until Maya de las Reyes, the great Mexican artist, bails him out. He returns to Chicago to work under his father in Gelmans Electronic Affairs. He uses his knowledge of the bullfight to create a bullfighting video game (funded by Mr. Gelman) that makes him a wealthy twenty some year old. Whenever he is asked about his year as a Matador, he answers, I lit my fire, I greased my skillet and I cooked.

Jae finds herself torn once again. As happy as she is that she’s in Miami with Darryl as he begins his career with the Miami Heat, she’s also worried about their future. Sierra, his ex, claims she’s pregnant with Darryl’s child and will do everything she can to take him away from Jae. Angie, Jae’s sister, looks forward to building a new life in Miami, too. But a change of location doesn’t keep drama away. The love triangle she’s in becomes more complicated when a new man enters her life. With so much to be hopeful for, a new round of problems threatens everything. Will they squash the drama before it tears them apart? Find out what happens in part eight of Secrets Of A Sugar Baby! keywords: urban books, urban books free, urban, urban fiction, urban street fiction, urban african american, free book, freebie, free book, free ebook, freeside chick, side chick romance, african american romance, urban books, urban books free, urban, urban fiction, urban street fiction, urban african american, free book, freebie, free book, free ebook, free, urban books black authors free, african american books free

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