From the start, like me, readers may be predicting
"Not IF, but HOW will these women get to Happily Ever After."
Author Krystal Marquis does not take the easy path out!
This tale of high society rich Black families enjoying their hard earned success
after Chicago's promising turn of the century offers many unique perspectives
in the evolving minds and emotions of the four major female characters.
Sisters Olivia and Helen Davenport make wildly different choices as their stories interweave with brother John, friend and now maid, Amy Rose, and fellow debutante,
Ruby. Their men, slippery Jacob Lawrence, naive and nice guy Barton, and persistent rebel civil rights lawyer, Washington DeWight, deliver contrasting and often funny dialogue and plot twists.
While a bit heavy on the importance of parties and clothes, sexism and racism
still are strongly represented. It would be welcome to have more on both of these
in Washington's words, as well as his reactions to Chicago 1910.
Memorable quotes:
"The hushed voices below reminded her of a hummingbird,
full of energy and too swift to catch."
"Olivia remembered the moment she'd realized that every Black person she knew
was touched by the horror of slavery.
"Not IF, but HOW will these women get to Happily Ever After."
Author Krystal Marquis does not take the easy path out!
This tale of high society rich Black families enjoying their hard earned success
after Chicago's promising turn of the century offers many unique perspectives
in the evolving minds and emotions of the four major female characters.
Sisters Olivia and Helen Davenport make wildly different choices as their stories interweave with brother John, friend and now maid, Amy Rose, and fellow debutante,
Ruby. Their men, slippery Jacob Lawrence, naive and nice guy Barton, and persistent rebel civil rights lawyer, Washington DeWight, deliver contrasting and often funny dialogue and plot twists.
While a bit heavy on the importance of parties and clothes, sexism and racism
still are strongly represented. It would be welcome to have more on both of these
in Washington's words, as well as his reactions to Chicago 1910.
Memorable quotes:
"The hushed voices below reminded her of a hummingbird,
full of energy and too swift to catch."
"Olivia remembered the moment she'd realized that every Black person she knew
was touched by the horror of slavery.