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Deadly Exchange - Couverture souple

Crawford, Wayne

 
9781410737670: Deadly Exchange
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1410737675 ISBN 13 : 9781410737670
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

Under the cloak of darkness, a shadowy figure takes a small bundle, drives to a stately southern mansion, and climbs into the second-story window. The individual steals away with a small bundle, and drives away. At dawn, a woman's scream echoes long and loudly across the countryside.The year is 1950. Segregation is a seething issue in Augusta, Georgia. Two interlinked families are on a collision course.How does a wealthy white socialite couple living in the Deep South in the early 1950s cope with the dilemma of having their newborn son kidnapped, and a Negro baby left in its place? How does a mother deal with her long-standing prejudices as she cares for the black baby, believing that the baby's mother will come forth and retrieve her son? Who would do this, and why?The reader encounters one anguishing incident after another, feeling the hopelessness of insurmountable dilemmas.'A superb read. I can't wait for the movie.' Kaye Stevens, Nationally known singer-dancer-actress of stage screen and television

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Under the cloak of darkness, a shadowy figure takes a small bundle, drives to a stately southern mansion, and climbs into the second-story window. The individual steals away with a small bundle, and drives away. At dawn, a woman's scream echoes long and loudly across the countryside.The year is 1950. Segregation is a seething issue in Augusta, Georgia. Two interlinked families are on a collision course.How does a wealthy white socialite couple living in the Deep South in the early 1950s cope with the dilemma of having their newborn son kidnapped, and a Negro baby left in its place? How does a mother deal with her long-standing prejudices as she cares for the black baby, believing that the baby's mother will come forth and retrieve her son? Who would do this, and why?The reader encounters one anguishing incident after another, feeling the hopelessness of insurmountable dilemmas.'A superb read. I can't wait for the movie.' Kaye Stevens, Nationally known singer-dancer-actress of stage screen and television

Biographie de l'auteur

Wayne P. Crawford grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota,and graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropractic. He practiced in alarge clinic in Augusta, Georgia, in the 1960s. Augusta became the backgroundfor his first novel, Deadly Exchange. His experience in treating bothphysical and emotional problems inspired him to write his second novel, FinalChallenge.He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his wife,Patty, where he has been a practicing physician for over forty years.The author has written two novels, several shortstories, many songs, and had a Christmas musical preformed by the FortLauderdale Children's Theater.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1410737675
ISBN 13 
9781410737670
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
Coordonnées du fabricant
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