The Warmest December, Bernice L. McFadden
The Warmest December, Bernice L. McFadden
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The Warmest December

Author: Bernice L. McFadden

Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/14/2018


Synopsis

"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction." --Publishers Weekly "Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes." --Toni Morrison, author of Beloved "The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it's familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this Precious-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns." --Bust magazine "This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told." --The Dallas Morning News The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make. Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels.

About Bernice L. McFadden

Bernice L. McFadden is the author of a number of bestsellers, including 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.


Reviews

OMG. I can openly say that this is the first book that really had me in my feelings. Never ever have I read a book (and i've read many) that has captured my feelings. Bernice McFadden, my goodness, this book here is the best work i've read from you. I thought the Book of Harlen was my favorite, oh n......more

My 4th book by Bernice McFadden and this one has left me a bit uneasy. Uneasy because I was getting used to the family heartache and the feeling of holding onto her stories for so long but there was always something close to a happy ending. I realized I wasn’t looking for happy endings in books unti......more