This author delves into the complex relationships between people and their environments through her insightful prose. Her works often capture the theme of searching for home and identity across diverse cultures and experiences. Through her unique perspective, she crafts narratives that are both deeply personal and universally resonant. Her literary style is celebrated for its authenticity and emotional depth.
Sugar Land is the southern story of Nana Dara, a prison cook at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men in 1923, who--with the help of the blues singer Lead Belly--discovers how to break out of her own physical and emotional prison to become the feisty, lesbian matriarch to a family of Texas misfits.