White Sugar, Brown Sugar
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985804416 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 444 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"I never expected to still be alive at the old age of thirty nine" John Williamson Sometimes a debut novel will really surprise the reader with its scope and depth. Such is the case with this one.Author Michael Pyle's White Sugar, Brown Sugar is a novel of many levels and spanning many years. Some will see it as a novel about race relations and discrimination in Florida during the 1960s. Others will see it as an exploration of drug and alcohol abuse, and subsequent recovery for some. But for this reader, it's a book about the triumph of the human spirit.The author, a Florida resident, takes us through a j. amypersian said Must read!. Michael A. Pyle has written a novel that will pull at your heartstrings and root for Roosevelt and want him to overcome his demons. Some may see the theme of racial relationships in a desegregated South and others may perceive friendship, redemption, or recovery. I thought all of these were present in this piece. The characters were real and one could easily identify with the struggles that each character has to deal with. Despite a wealthier upbringing, Jude has much more difficulty finding the path to sobriety. His early . D. White said Vivid, Gripping, Enjoyable. So, I have this habit of picking books based on the cover and a few lines of description. I don't want to know too much I don't want anyone's preconceived notions to infiltrate my thoughts and personal feelings about the story.I'm always down for a book about racial discord and/or harmony, southern literature and stories about two people who have overcome what should tear them apart to come together. I thought this book was about a black boy and a white boy who defy odds and social opinion to become friends.Imagine my surpr
Jude, the white boy, fishes from the docks, where stately boats stand. Roosevelt, the black boy, and his family, fish with cane poles on the wall next to the street. As the founder of a successful restaurant business, he eventually places both Roosevelt and Jude in control of the business. Both boys fully understand the misery and difficulties that arise from abuse of alcohol and drugs, and both swear they will never end up in that situation, yet they both follow the same path. He has never known a father, and his mother is a heroin addict who disappears for weeks at a time, and is incarcerated frequently. The boys meet various times over the years. White Sugar, Brown Sugar follows their loss of innocence, submergence to the depths of desperation and eventual emergence as recovering adults. The tranquility of Jude Armstrong's safe, upper middle-class white world ends when his alcoholic mother tosses his father out of the house. Neither boy understands the racial issues of the time. David "Jude" Armstrong and Roosevelt Harr