A book that was not what I was expecting. Really good read that makes you think, although by the end you just wanted to force the 3 main characters to sit down & talk about all this together. It started with WWII, boyfriend & girlfriend, he gets draft card but his mother doesn't want him to go. She keeps him home stashed in an upstairs bedroom for months while only the girlfriend visits--makes it look like taking piano lessons. Eventually he is found & is sent to the war. They loose touch, girlfriend had to move away in disgrace and goes to CA. After war bumps into boyfriend and while he has mysterious air about him--not unusual because of the war & he was injured in war too. They date & then marry and have a son. Then a stranger appears into their lives, a wealthy white man--young couple are black. Come to find out more about happenings in all lives but two men were lovers and rich guy says husband wants to join him. This is where husband & wife don't talk about anything. Throw in a young teenage white girl that is seducing husband and there is a lot to consider here. Given the time of the '50s, Korean war going on, I guess people didn't talk about stuff--not sure I buy it. Oh well, few twists & turns. Good read, certainly kept me guessing in parts.
I have posted it on PBS, there was 1 WL but they didn't want an ex-library copy so it is on my PBS bookshelf now waiting. Book is 10 years old so who knows how long the wait will be.
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