Sugar

By: Deirdre Riordan Hall

Narrated by: Tara Sands

I'm the fat Puerto Rican - Polish girl who doesn't feel like she belongs in her skin, or anywhere else for that matter. I've always been too much and yet not enough.

Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn't always fat, but fat is what she is now at age seventeen. Not as fat as her mama, who is so big she hasn't gotten out of bed in months. Not as heavy as her brother, Skunk, who has more meanness in him than fat, which is saying something. But she's large enough to be the object of ridicule wherever she is: at the grocery store, walking down the street, at school. Sugar's life is dictated by taking care of Mama in their run-down home - cooking, shopping, and, well, eating. A lot of eating, which Sugar hates as much as she loves.

When Sugar meets Even (not Evan - his nearly illiterate father misspelled his name on the birth certificate), she has the new experience of someone seeing her and not her body. As their unlikely friendship builds, Sugar allows herself to think about the future for the first time, a future not weighed down by her body or her mother.

Soon Sugar will have to decide whether to become the girl that Even helps her see within herself or to sink into the darkness of the skin-deep role her family and her life have created for her.

©2015 Deirdre Riordan Hall (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

very nice story. relatable

great narrator!! I enjoyed the story. I've read many books that tells the story From The pretty girl perspective but this was refreshing

A Real Tear Jerker!

Would you listen to Sugar again? Why?

Yes, the voice for this was just phenomenal. It really did the characters justice.

What does Tara Sands bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

You get to picture the characters based on the amazing job she did voicing them.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The book made me angry, sad and happy. It was really heartful book. It was written beautifully.

Nice surprise

Any additional comments?

I knew I wouldn't like this book but it was on sale. this book was one of the best written and best read books I heard in a very long time. The story is good but more directed towards a younger audience, teenagers and I an old man and I liked it anyway.

The writing was fantastic and reader was excellent, could not have a better team.

Great insight into life

Not as expected , however This book captivated me from beginning to end.
Walked away with new perspective

Heck of a story!

I was drawn in from the start. An emotional, stirring and tragic journey of bravery.

Feel good story ❤️

What a great story! I enjoyed everything about it... the good times and the bad. The ending is a great meaning of perseverance.

Glad I stuck it out

The first few chapters were a struggle. I can see why Sugar hated snakes with the venom that was poured at her. Almost too much to bear as a listener. But I was hoping for her all the way through and was sad but not disappointed.

Narrator really brought this story alive

Any additional comments?

I'm not a fan of angst in my characters and usually shy away from books with that as the driving emotion. Then there's Sugar. This angst driven, soul crunching, heavy, heavy, heavy listen.

I can't even tell you how many times I screamed at Sugar while listening. I wanted to jump into this book and just save her. From herself. From her mother. From those mean girls at school.

The narrator was bone-chillingly good. She made Sugar real. She made Sugar's mother real. I cringed (in a good way) every time the mother spoke.

This is a good book. A sad, all-too-real, very good book. Come prepared for the feels.

excellent book

one of the best books I ever read. This is the first time I am reviewing a book other than Harry Potter.Yea it was that good .I wish there was a part 2

Wow this book made me cry. I believe in love again

I love the way it was narrated. Everything. Buy it. So worth it