Nowhere Is a Place Bernice L. McFadden ISBN: 0525948759 Format: Hardcover, 304pp Pub. Date: February 2006 Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) List Price: $24.95 BBP Price: $18.71 Save 25%
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FROM THE PUBLISHER

Bernice L. McFadden, whom the novelist Adriana Trigiani calls "a masterstoryteller" has crafted a touching novel about a young woman uncovering a surprising family history.
Her spectacular debut novel, Sugar, established Bernice L. McFadden as a writer to watch in African-American literary fiction. In Nowhere Is a Place, she spins a fully realized and memorable portrait of a young woman on a journey of self-discovery.

Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most importantly, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family's past. Like many family histories, it is fractured and stubbornly reluctant to reveal its secrets; but Sherry is determined to know the full story. In just a few days' time her extended family will gather for a reunion, and Sherry sets off across the country with her mother, Dumpling, to join them. What Sherry and Dumpling find on their trip is far more important than a scenic site here and there- it is the assorted pieces of their
family's past. Pulled together, they reveal a history of amazing survival and abundant joy.

Author Biography:

BERNICE L. MCFADDEN is the author of five bestsellers: Sugar, The Warmest December, This Bitter Earth, Loving Donovan, and Camilla's Roses. She is the recipient of two fiction honor awards from BCALA and a MacDowell Fellowship.