Not once , in all the years she had spent at Saint Lawrence of Blackmore Priory , had her mother come to see her . She had been allowed to visit her home occasionally , the last time being after the death of her father .
'In the harbour city's steamy, fecund heat, the air is thick with thwarted longing, the people on the tram smell like foxes, and the girls with their glossy hair talk of hope chests and fight down the dread of being left on the shelf.' from ...
Deals with the life and fortunes of Katrinka Kovar who leaves the repression of her native Czechoslovakia for a life of unimagined riches - and heartbreak.
For Love Alone
For Love Alone, captures the epic journey of the character "Kadeem" who is an educated black male living in the Candyville, New York City where temptations run rampant.