When Sophia Sawyer walks away from her six children, she is convinced her husband, Hunter, has enough will and power to keep them all afloat. She boards a bus and doesn't look back—never considering how her absence will color the lives of her children. Salt in the Sugar Bowl takes a snapshot of each of the Sawyer's offspring—years after Sophia's disappearance. Years have passed, but the wound of losing a mother will resurface time and time again as they struggle to live, love, and trust as if their hearts were whole and unscarred.
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Salt in the Sugar Bowl
is Angela Belcher Epps’ novel of a family dealing with personal loss and abandonment, and how childhood experience manifests itself into similar behavior in adulthood. The story is told through a series of vignettes focusing on each member of the family, and told over a span of twenty-six years.
I found the story compelling and true to life. The characters were well developed with unique personalities and physical nuance. Ms. Epps’ is a talented writer whose style is guaranteed to grab the reader from beginning to end. Well done!
Goodreads Review
Angela Belcher Epps' novella is stunning and relentless in its realism. I couldn't put her book down for fear I would miss something. At times, I cried, especially at the plight of some of the child characters featured in her book. The last chapter of Ms. Epps' novella is astonishing because it is both redeeming and heartbreaking at the same time. While reading her book, I kept pausing to question if many of the incidents she details could really happen, perhaps because I didn't want to believe what she describes so powerfully about familial dysfunction within the black community. Ms. Epps' novella is a must read and a powerful reminder that there is still much work to be done to recover and rescue lives ravaged by broken homes in the black community.
Amazon Review
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