Thanks to Johnson's enviable ability to craft narratives that not only educate and elucidate, but also enamor, the stories of Ruby and Eleanor, and the Ancestors and Elders they represent, will remain with me always. She mines this terrain with soaring grace, shining intellect, and a love that resonates on every page. She dusts off these harrowing histories, shines them up, and gives them their proper glory. "Sadeqa Johnson is expert at excavating the parts of the past that we would rather not confront. With their stories colliding in the most unexpected of ways, Ruby and Eleanor will both make decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives. But having a baby-and fitting in-is easier said than done. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William's family and grant her the life she's been searching for. But William hails from one of DC's elite wealthy Black families, and his par-ents don't let just anyone into their fold. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love.
Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. Book Synopsis From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring, beautiful, and redemptive novel that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.
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