In This Bitter Earth , Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she d come to break with the past.
Here she learns the truth about her parentage: a terrible tale of unrequited love, of one man s enduring hatred, and of the.
She doesn t stop until she arrives at her childhood home in Short Junction.
With her worn leopard-print suitcase and her head held high, she walks past the prying eyes of its small-minded, cruel-hearted townsfolk, praying for the strength to keep going.
In This Bitter Earth , Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she d come to break with the past