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Why exactly Charley Bordelon?s late father left her eight hundred acres of sugarcane land in Louisiana is as mysterious as it was generous. Recognizing a chance to start over, Charley and her young daughter leave Los Angeles and arrive just in time for growing season in a Louisiana that?s mired in the past. As the summer unfolds, Charley must balance the challenges of her farm with the demands of her family and the startling desires of her own heart.
About the Author
Natalie has a B.A. in English from University California, Berkeley, a Masters in Afro-American Studies from UCLA, and earned an M.F.A from Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers. An early version of Queen Sugar won the Hurston Wright College Writer's Award, the Sylvia Clare Brown fellowship, and was runner-up in the Faulkner Pirate's Alley novel-in-progress competition. Natalie has had residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Hedgebrook. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto and lives in San Francisco with her family.
