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A great book to read, you won't be able to put it down. Author: Kim McClarin

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From Publishers Weekly
The issues of biracial marriage and racial bigotry are explored with potent insight and literary skill in McLarin's novel. During the explosive aftermath of Rodney King's police assailants' trial in L.A., veteran reporter Porter Stockman was attacked and almost beaten to death by rioters. Now back home in Philadelphia, Porter is elated to reencounter Lenora "Lee" Page, a black woman who saved his life. Coincidentally, Lee, also a seasoned journalist, has just accepted a job on the Record, Porter's paper. Though they are both well aware of the cultural prejudices against biracial relationships, Porter passionately woos Lee while she struggles with a lifelong determination to fraternize solely with members of her own race. Eventually, she overcomes her misgivings, and joyously (but at Lee's insistence, secretly) they become lovers. When Lee's best friend pays her a surprise visit and meets Porter, however, Lee must try to justify her shift. And Porter, made uneasy by Lee's preoccupation with race, questions his own vaunted belief in equality. McLarin pulls no punches in her candid portrayal of the conflicts that often occur when conscientious adults examine assumptions each race makes about the other, and when they acknowledge, even against their will, the existence of solid barriers separating racial groups. Strong characterization lifts the narrative far above stereotype. Porter and Lee are a pair of personable and tortured lovers who reflect their unique pasts in psychologically nuanced portrayals. Their story may be a cautionary tale for those who would pit individuality against group identity. Primarily, though, this is a gripping novel about love and the obstacles it encounters even in so-called enlightened society.

Sound interesting I think I will look for the book

Read this a couple years ago, it was interesting.

Lethal Charm are you a member of Black Expressions book club? They have a lot of those books you mentioned liek the Jerome ################eys etc. I was, but once i completed my requirement I closed my account.Some of the stuff started becoming too cheesy black.

I'm not a member of the Black Expressions book club, can you tell me more about it? You are right though, I like to read books along those lines, they seem so real

The website is www.blackexpressions.com and features many of the African American authors you mentioned. Typical introductory offers or 4 or 5 books for $1 plus s/h etc and buy a couple over next couple years like most of those other book clubs.