Sudie

by Sara Flanigan

Sudie's best friend, Mary Agnes Clark, describes how, in Georgia in the 1940s, the young Sudie becomes involved with Simpson, an embittered Black widower, who finds in the girl a daughter who needs him

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult

280 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1986

Reviews

[Waseiia Courtois · Rating 1 out of 5]

je l’ai reçue à noël pis c’était le 2 alors que j’ai pas lu le 1
JAVAIS 11 ANS CEST TELLEMENT TROMATISANT
LA FILLE SE FAIT VIOLER ET MOI JE LIT SA TRANQUILLEMENT JETAIS TELLEMENT MAL À LAISE QUE JE LAI PAS FINIE
pis c’est full raciste

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another southern fiction novel - a white girl, Sudie, meets a black man in the woods by her town (Simpson). He is kinder to her than her own family and they form a bond until events occur that may tear them apart permanently. Hard to find copies. I just happened upon this book and the author about 15 years ago.

[Kylene Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a marvelous story about friendship, kids innocence, and the relationships with others.

This story is set in the 1940's and is about a lonely young girl in a small Georgia town that secretly befriends a black man that no one knows is living there. The relationship that develops is so sweet and innocent yet forbidden.

Well worth the read.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another one of my favorite southern novels.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow to start, but ultimately interesting. Limiting the point of view to Mary Agnes creates a distance between Sudie, Simpson and the reader that is sometimes off-putting.