Publisher's Synopsis
"An important book" - The New York Times. Set in Philadelphia a century ago, this novel by a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance explores the struggle for social equality as experienced by Joanna Marshall and Peter Bye, members of the black middle class. It also poignantly reveals the limited opportunities available to women of the era and the ways in which those with determination and ambition were able to subvert social norms to make better lives for themselves.
