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2019 IPPY award winner Current finalist for a 2018 Forewords INDIES Book of the Year Award Long-listed for the Chautaugua Prize Powell's Staff Top Five for 2018 The Tournament of Books Best of 2018 Long List The Advocate's "Best Books We Read in 2018" and highlighted in the Letter from the Editor Bustle's 15 New Paperbacks for Your Fall Reading List Liz & Lisa's Best Books of October 2018 Powell's Staff Pick, October 2018 Deep South magazine, Fall-Winter Recommended Reading List Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day (scroll down on this link) |
"Sugar Land is a precisely-told, gritty, redeeming story about second chances filled with hope and inspiration..." - Tar Heel Reader
"It's a story that deals with heavy themes such as racism and gender and sexual discrimination and violence, but one that stoner writes with such a tender, warm lilt that readers don’t get bogged down. Her characters are complex, fully drawn and utterly alive..." - ArtsAtl "...this inherently engaging and deftly crafted novel is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to community library Literary Fiction collections." -MidWest Book Reviews "[Sugar Land] is about improbable kindnesses stubbornly taking root in harsh environments; the resourcefulness of people who feel they’ve been cursed not just by society but their own desires; and how the toughest prisons are often the ones we create for ourselves." - Houston Chronicle "In this engaging and authentic tale of one woman’s life and loves, debut novelist stoner follows in the bright legacy of Southern humorists [like] ... Bailey White and Rebecca Wells." - Library Journal "A powerful paperback that doesn't pull any emotional punches, Sugar Land is a debut you don't want to miss." - Bustle "With a lively sense of humor and a great sense of place, tammy lynne stoner’s debut is a Southern novel from a voice that rings true ... with keen insight into race, class, gender identity and social norms, Sugar Land is the story of a woman learning to come home to herself." - BookPage "A postcard of small-town Texas life from Prohibition through civil rights, tracing the treatment and awareness of gay people through these decades... stoner is sure to win her own devoted following with this ravishing debut." - STARRED Kirkus Reviews "...always surprising and exhilarating ... A lovely debut..." - Booklist "This is writing at its finest..." - New York Journal of Books "Quietly powerful ... Sugar Land is a raw, spiraling, and hopeful story..." - Foreword Reviews (5 star review) "Don’t miss this Southern coming-of-age gem..." - Hello Giggles "...a heartfelt story of what it meant to be ‘different’ in the Deep South during the middle 20th century." - Author Link reviews "...a captivating story for the ages—a young, southern girl in the 1920s who becomes a ballsy broad in a double-wide ... This heartbreaking and hysterical book inspires us with a brave and unusual life." - Jillian Lauren, New York Times bestselling author "With beautiful peculiarity of detail and a perfect combination of sharpness and sensitivity, tammy lynne stoner pens a gorgeous debut novel about race, class, sexuality, and the prisons we make of ourselves." - Gigi Little, Powell's book seller "Every page has a beating heart, every character is so alive, you swear you hear them breathing. stoner is an original and this debut is just fantastic." - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author "stoner's debut story of a young woman trying to find her way in the world is both light and profound." -Powell's staff pick (Dianah) |