One Cause Too Many - Couverture souple

Datnow, Claire

 
9780595125036: One Cause Too Many

Synopsis

Disillusioned by years of work as a civic activist, Valerie makes a bid for a fresh start with multimillionaire Sid. After she is gunned down by an unknown assailant she realizes that she cannot leave her past behind. Only when Valerie makes peace with the memory of her brother who died as a Freedom Rider for civil rights, and reaches out to her interracial son whom she gave up for adoption can she find romantic happiness. Valerie's struggle is played against the conflicting dynamics of the American South.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Christine Redman-Waldeyer is the author of I Swim Seas of Thirty-Two Legions, The Talisman Pick - Voices and Hats, and Around the World with Rosalie, a pre-K children's book, projected date of release, May 2003. A life-long resident of Manasquan, New Jersey, she is both a professor and instructor of history and business. A number of her poems have been published in local newspapers, newsletters, and in a Mom's in the Kitchen cookbook. You may also find her lyrics in a projected CD for Hilltop Records, CA titled America.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Disillusioned by years of work as a civic activist, Valerie makes a bid for a fresh start with multimillionaire Sid. After she is gunned down by an unknown assailant she realizes that she cannot leave her past behind. Only when Valerie makes peace with the memory of her brother who died as a Freedom Rider for civil rights, and reaches out to her interracial son whom she gave up for adoption can she find romantic happiness. Valerie's struggle is played against the conflicting dynamics of the American South.

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