Camilla's Roses: A Novel - Softcover

McFadden, Bernice L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593472802 ISBN 13: 9780593472804

Publisher: Plume, 2025

Synopsis

A reissue of a hidden gem from the award-winning author of Sugar, this novel tells the story of a woman who uncovers the fragility of life and the enduring strength of family love.

Camilla’s childhood was immersed in love and chaos, and steeped in perfection. As an adult she hasn’t looked back, refusing to acknowledge the people and places that scarred her so many years ago. But a cancer diagnosis forces Camilla to turn to the past, and all its pain, to save her daughter.

As Camilla discovers the bittersweet limitations of motherhood and reconciliation, she also awakens an inspiring message about the mortality issues we all must face.

Unfolding in a progression of powerful chapters, Camilla’s Roses portrays a life haunted by the past, and the choices we all make to fight for a future.

About this title

About the Author

Bernice L. McFadden is the award-winning author of Firstborn Girls and nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar; Loving Donovan; Nowhere Is a Place; The Warmest December; Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors' Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012); and Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. She is a four-time Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of three awards from the BCALA. McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593472802
• ISBN 13: 9780593472804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256