A Banner of Love

Fiction & Literature, African American, Religious
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Author: Josephine Garner ISBN: 9781491773048
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: September 8, 2015
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Josephine Garner
ISBN: 9781491773048
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: September 8, 2015
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

In the United States of the 1950s, there is peace, prosperity, and the American Dream. Aiming to claim their fair share of it, Taylor and Esther Payne begin their lives as a married couple in the haven of Haverly Street in Greenwich Village, New York. Here they can have their love and their license, and though their journey is one of love and trust, it is not without its challenges. As a Negro woman, Esther learns to live in Taylors white world no longer as his housekeeper but as his wife. In addition to the social conventions that are still against them, even in New York, Esther fears that their marriage has exacerbated the distance between Taylor and his family. Taylor wont talk about it. He is dismissive of his sister and uncle, but Esther is haunted by their absence. She yearns for their family to be wholebut what she learns in the process may endanger their happiness permanently. Set in New York in the 1950s, this novel tells the story of a bold passion between two newly married people as they change their ways for the sake of love.

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In the United States of the 1950s, there is peace, prosperity, and the American Dream. Aiming to claim their fair share of it, Taylor and Esther Payne begin their lives as a married couple in the haven of Haverly Street in Greenwich Village, New York. Here they can have their love and their license, and though their journey is one of love and trust, it is not without its challenges. As a Negro woman, Esther learns to live in Taylors white world no longer as his housekeeper but as his wife. In addition to the social conventions that are still against them, even in New York, Esther fears that their marriage has exacerbated the distance between Taylor and his family. Taylor wont talk about it. He is dismissive of his sister and uncle, but Esther is haunted by their absence. She yearns for their family to be wholebut what she learns in the process may endanger their happiness permanently. Set in New York in the 1950s, this novel tells the story of a bold passion between two newly married people as they change their ways for the sake of love.

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