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Knowin' Sugar

by Shelly Chatterelli

A coming-of-age story rooted in rural Appalachia

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A coming-of-age story rooted in rural Appalachia

Set in 1940s Appalachia, Knowin' Sugar places a child’s everyday pleasures—hide-and-seek and catching crawdads—alongside an emerging, inherited sensitivity to truths and danger. As Sugar’s “knowin’s” become harder to conceal, the bond with her mother grows strained, drawing her into questions about her family’s past and present. The story connects that personal reckoning to its rural setting, emphasizing the ties between people and place and the uncertain boundary between destiny and choice. Its central tension is how Sugar can live with a gift that sets her apart without denying what she knows to be part of herself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in coming-of-age fiction set in 1940s rural Appalachia.
  • Readers drawn to stories about inherited gifts and family relationships.
  • Readers interested in belonging, place, and the tension between destiny and choice.

Themes

Coming of ageFamily relationshipsInherited sensitivityBelonging to placeDestiny and choice

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Book overview

In the lush landscape of an Appalachian season, Sugar's days are rich with the simple pleasures of playing hide and seek and catching crawdads. But the mystical whispers of truths, warnings of danger, and calls to action herald the stirrings of a gift passed down through generations.An awakening sensitivity that threatens to shatter her idyllic world.

 

As Sugar's knowin's become impossible to hide, her mother grows coldtowards her.Confused, but unable to silence the truest part of herself to keep the love of her mother, Sugar must reckon with their family's past and present to understand how to live with her gift.

 

Set in the 1940s, Knowin' Sugar is an ode to the intertwined natural and human worlds of rural Appalachia. Sugar's poignant coming of age story reminds us of what it means to belong to a place and a people, and the wavering line between destiny and choice.

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