Posts Tagged ‘The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper’

December 2008, African American Literature Reading List

By • Dec 22nd, 2008 • Category: Book Club of the Week

I can’t believe that not only is December almost over but so is the year. As with any year, 2008 had its ups and downs and a new year is a welcome relief as we look forward to out with the old and in with the new.



Twelve Days of Christmas with Angelia Menchan (Day 3)

By • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Twelve Days of Christmas Book Giveaway

My most memorable childhood Christmas experience was in 1970, it was the last year my grandmother was alive, I didn’t know why at the time but it was so special and I felt close to her in a way I can’t explain. She had twenty six grandchildren but she made us all feel we were favorites. Eight months later, she was gone.



Thank God For A Book Giveaway, Editor’s Favorites (Day 19)

By • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: Thank God for a Book Giveaway

Not one, but two great reads will be given away today. Read the post to find out how you can win a copy of Going Down South by Bonnie Glover and The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper.



The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper

By • Dec 9th, 2008 • Category: Book Review

Covering the Middle East War in 2003, correspondent Helene Cooper had memories of another war; the war that tore her away from the place of her birth, Liberia. In The House on Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood Cooper wrote a gripping memoir that is not only a family history, but a [...]