When do the bluebirds sing? When all is right with the world? Or at least a microcosm of the world?
New from Sylvia S. Mader the eagerly anticipated continuation of A Water Lily Blooms...
Three sisters, the children of a biracial couple, choose different paths for adult fulfillment.
Beautiful, fair-skinned Leana, who is proficient and talented at the piano, wants to become a concert pianist. Will she have the fortitude to live a life alone - buffeted by incessant travel and stage appearances? Or will she instead pursue a career mentored by her African American professor, who insists on a sexual relationship?
Nicole, who views her dark skin as an impediment to success, is gratified when Bryn Mawr college accepts her as a student, but she is dissatisfied by being tethered to a domineering high school sweetheart. Will a new, meaningful life await her when she breaks away and begins a new relationship with a fellow student at the University of Pennsylvania law school? Together can they help other blacks overcome the legal disadvantages in a white society?
Can Danielle, the loving younger sister who wants nothing more than to help youngsters grow up healthy and strong, overcome the loss of her first love? Martha's Vineyard beckons her and engenders in her an extreme interest in the Native Americans, whose ancestors have lived on the island for thousands of years. She, on the other hand, doesn't even know her grandparents, who disowned her parents when they married. Does she find happiness when she marries a Native American and reconciles with her immediate ancestors?