McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the
corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy
redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of
addiction.
--Publishers Weekly
Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around
the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by
the searing and expertly imagined scenes.
--Toni Morrison, author of Beloved
The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop
reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps
because it's familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is
too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in this Precious-style
novel, genre is the least of our concerns.
--Bust magazine
This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need
to be told.
--The Dallas Morning News
The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn
family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated
by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie
John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once
thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.
Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed
novels.
