“This was one heck of a book. It's a romance, but not your usual romance. It's a "We're already married, but there is one whale of a monkey-wrench thrown into things here, and will the marriage survive???" romance. I loved it.
So, the story. It opens when the heroine goes into labor with her first child. She and her husband are madly in love. But when the baby is born, their little girl has cafe-au-lait skin and black curly hair and obviously African heritage. Hero and heroine are both lily-white--in appearance, anyway. Hero is from a Boston Brahmin family that can trace its heritage back to the American Revolution--maybe beyond. The heroine was raised by her grandmother, and never met her father. Doesn't know much beyond his first name. Doesn't really care to know. But suddenly, questions are raised--especially by the hero's dad--feelings are hurt, perhaps beyond repair, and the story explodes. It explores touchy things like race and forgiveness and family and just does a whale of a job. This was a really good book.”
Gail Dayton wrote this review Wednesday, August 27 2008.
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