WHITE SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR

WHITE SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR by Michael A. Pyle tells the story of Jude and Roosevelt, two boys from opposite sides of 1960s segregated Florida who meet by chance while fishing and forge a deep friendship that survives the one thing they both swore would never touch them: the same addictions that destroyed their mothers. Pyle pulls no punches as he follows both boys through the brutal reality of their descent into drugs and alcohol, capturing the wild euphoria, the desperate excuses, the arrests and overdoses, and the heartbreaking damage they inflict on everyone who loves them before Roosevelt finds sobriety first and helps drag Jude back from the edge. Raw, unflinching, and deeply human, this is a story that proves addiction doesn’t care about the color of your skin or the size of your bank account, demonstrating instead how friendship, stubborn hope, and the refusal to give up on each other can light the way back from the darkest places.