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A Tall History of Sugar

by Curdella Forbes

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2020 · Winner
Akashic BooksLiterary FictionISBN 9781617757686

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)2020Winner

About This Book

Born with a strange, translucent skin, Moshe Fisher grows up in rural Jamaica in the care of a woman who is not his mother, sustained by his bond with childhood friend Arrienne. A lyrical, multigenerational Caribbean love story spanning Jamaica, England, and America. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.

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