{"product_id":"sugar-land-paperback-1","title":"Sugar Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTammy Lynne Stoner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCassidy Trier\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e is the southern story of Nana Dara, a prison cook at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men in 1923, who--with the help of the blues singer Lead Belly--discovers how to break out of her own physical and emotional prison to become the feisty, lesbian matriarch to a family of Texas misfits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a southern fried novel about love, Lead Belly, and liberation. According to a starred \u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e \"is a postcard of small-town Texas life from Prohibition through civil rights, tracing the treatment and awareness of gay people through these decades. The love child of Fannie Flagg and Rita Mae Brown... [a] ravishing debut.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend―who also happens to be a girl. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men. 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. \u003cem\u003eSugar Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumphant, beautiful novel about the heart's refusal to be denied what the heart wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTammy Lynne Stoner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's\u003c\/b\u003e work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and literary journals. She was nominated for a Million Writers Award and earned her MFA from Antioch University. Stemming from what her grandmother calls her \"gypsy blood,\" tammy has lived in 15 cities, working as a biscuit maker, a medical experimentee, a forklift operator, a gas station attendant, and a college instructor, among other odd jobs. She is the creator of Dottie's Magic Pockets and the publisher of \u003cem\u003eGertrude Press, \u003c\/em\u003e based in in Portland, OR, where she lives with her lady-friend, Karena, and their three kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423470649411,"sku":"9781597096270","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/4399\/2899\/files\/MmBPs9WB2B9781597096270.webp?v=1781708132","url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/sugar-land-paperback-1","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}