In the early 1950s- the decade before the Civil rights movement- racial boundaries kept people apart or brought them together in explosive and dramatic ways. Iris Courtney, a young white woman, begins a clandestine relationship with Jinx Fairchild, a Black man who defended her in a fatal street fight with a white man. That one act changes their lives overnight, altering their destinies in ways they could never have imagined in this emotion-packed novel of violence, love, and racism.
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Because It is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (Abridged)
In the early 1950s- the decade before the Civil rights movement- racial boundaries kept people apart or brought them together in explosive and dramatic ways. Iris Courtney, a young white woman, begins a clandestine relationship with Jinx Fairchild, a Black man who defended her in a fatal street fight with a white man. That one act changes their lives overnight, altering their destinies in ways they could never have imagined in this emotion-packed novel of violence, love, and racism.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940192921098 |
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| Publisher: | Phoenix Books, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 06/01/1990 |
| Edition description: | Abridged |
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