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Frank S. Joseph's debut novel TO LOVE MERCY confronts race and ethnicity in segregated Chicago in the late 1940s. The book follows two boys -- one black, one white -- lost in the city together and exploring with innocent enthusiasm while their families tear each other apart in fear. Racial... read more

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First Sentence

By the time I get back, Dad and Grandpa are standing in the gangway, smoking.

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  1. Frank S. Joseph (Author)
 

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