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Honey Lump a riveting story of love Redemption

Honey Lump

Honey Lump is a historical fiction that transverses America's social landscape from Jim Crow to the Great Migration of blacks from the rural south to the industrial north. The central character Honey Lump deals with the timeless issues of independence, freedom, love and duty. Most of the story is set on the Mississippi, Delta in the small town of Clarksdale. It begins during a time when Blues was in its infancy, expressing the raw pain and frustration of blacks in the rural south. The novel continues with the music as its backdrop. The rhythms shake the moral foundation of a nation within a nation to the great cities of New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago and New York. She learns the greatest of life’s lessons through travels and mistakes. As Honey becomes entangled in relationships based on selfish gain and mutual understandings, she finds in the end that altruistic love is not defined by rules, bound by boundaries or controlled by logic. Honey discovers the lesson that all souls are sent here to learn; selfless compassion of all that is unconditional, is the gift and blessing which brings us closer to our purpose.


“I’ve been searching for the words to say to describe how I feel (after reading the book) all I can say is that I feel honored.”
---Nikia Ware, Reader

“It reads like a movie, I can picture the scenes.”
---Kenneth Chandler Jr., Reader

“The Author’s description of Honey Lump is so vivid. With each page I wonder what is going to happen next.”
---Dwylett Montgomery

“I couldn’t put it down.”
---Brittany Boyd

"I finished reading Honey Lump last Friday and I feel like something is missing. I want more of the story!! If your family migrated north in search of work, If your parents loved the Blues, If you want to gain insight into not only the history of your family but your people, and maybe even yourself, or if your just want to enjoy an entertaining story you have to read this book. Congrats Nicole on it's completion. Your words painted pictures that still etched in my mind. Great JOB!!"
---Mark Buford

" Just finished reading 'Honey Lump' by Nicole Chandler Fox. Was totally enthralled cover to cover! Nicole paints such vivid imagery along a storyline that keeps you wondering what Honey will do next. Enjoyed and related to Honey's story. I'm tired-been up all night but I couldn't put it down. So proud of and happy I know Nicole. A MUST READ!"---Cynthia Watson

The drum kicked in at amid to slow tempo, and the guitar began to speak the lyric Chester hummed. He moaned with an intense urgency that lay some where between pleasure and pain. It was electrifying, generating a cross current of energy that made Lucille and Tom commit to a night sealed in ecstasy long before they made it to that empty tenants quarter they found. Tom looked into Honey's eyes and said, "I love you."
She returned his stare and replied with a gesture that said more than his words could ever communicate. Honey pulled one of the straps on her dress from her shoulder. She was a virgin making an action that stated simply; not only did she love Tom but she belonged to him and at that moment in that existence her commitment was forever. Honey was giving him a part of herself that, she could never, get back nor could she give again.