Connie Briscoe ist seit über zehn Jahren hauptberufliche Autorin. Obwohl sie mit einer Hörbehinderung geboren wurde, hat dies sie nie davon abgehalten, ihre Träume zu verfolgen – das Schreiben. Seit sie die Welt des Redigierens verlassen hat, um Schriftstellerin zu werden, hat es Connie auf die Bestsellerlisten der New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, USA Today und Publishers Weekly geschafft.
She's hearing impaired and could not find her cochlear implants in the darkness, which left her unable to both see and hear the intruder.Was her attacker a stranger or someone whom she knows-a person who may have once been close to her?Flashback to a year earlier when Alexis meets the man of her dreams.
Growing up in a loving and supportive middle-class family in Washington, DC, in the '60s, Naomi Jefferson worries about what to wear, her bra size and meeting boys, and she has dreams of one day opening her own clothing store. While she knows racism is a problem (occasional brushes with the uglier side of people don't let her forget it), Naomi is, at heart, just like any other teenage girl. All of that changes when Joshua, Naomi's older brother, is killed in an accident on his way to a civil rights demonstration in Chicago. Racism becomes a personal issue, and Naomi decides that she needs to help bring about changes in the system. At college in Atlanta, she becomes immersed in politics, organizing protests and butting heads with school administrations as well as with her boyfriend, who isn't too friendly to the cause. Disillusioned by authority figures and betrayed by the man she loves, Naomi returns home, confused about the world and her place in it.
Černošská autorka ve své knize zpracovává příběh s rasovou tematikou. Přibližuje rozsáhlé období 20 let černošské dívky Naomi Jeffersonové, která vyrůstá ve spořádané, dobře situované rodině. Po bratrově smrti a během studií na univerzitě si začíná osobně uvědomovat rasové a politické problémy. Prochází řadou osobních zklamání, než dosáhne uspokojení a úspěchu v životě.
Three sisters, Beverly, Charmaine, and Evelyn, are all having trouble with the men in their lives. Together they can learn much from each other in order to become better sisters and lovers