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This Bitter Earth

  • 2002 first published
  • 276 pages

This Bitter Earth is a 2002 historical fiction novel by Bernice L. McFadden. The story is set in Arkansas. It deals with drug addicts, teenage girls, African American women and blessing and cursing.

It runs to roughly 276 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • Drug addicts
  • Teenage girls
  • Saint Louis, Mo.
  • African American women
  • Blessing and cursing
  • Female friendship
  • Historical
  • Arkansas
  • Friendship
  • African americans
  • Missouri
  • Saint louis, Mo.

Quick answers

Who wrote This Bitter Earth?

This Bitter Earth was written by Bernice L. McFadden and first published in 2002.

What genre is This Bitter Earth?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

How long is This Bitter Earth?

The median edition has 276 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to This Bitter Earth?

Readers who like it often enjoy Magic Lessons, Splendors and Glooms and Ella Enchanted.

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