In Black and White
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
First Place Winner in Historical Fiction in the 2020 Christian Indie Book Awards Contest
A white woman. A black man. And their forbidden love.
Can endurance and faith sustain the love between a white woman and a black man, threatened by rejection, guilt, and racial injustice? Can love alone reconcile their starkly different worlds, lighting the way to a bright future together?
When graduate student, Tori Pendola, a white American woman, and Jebuni Kalitsi, a Ghanaian exchange student and heir to his tribe's chieftaincy, fall deeply in love, they must face not only their own inner demons of rejection and guilt but also the demons of societal hatred bent on destroying their relationship. Will their love survive the cruel and bitter attacks against them? Or will hatred and prejudice gain the upper hand?
In Black and White is a deeply moving story of the power of God's love to restore all that is broken in their lives.
Customer Reviews
Great and inspiring
In Black And White is inspirational historical fiction at its best. Centered around the interracial relationship between the protagonists, the author gives us a candid look at prejudice in the year 1959.
The lives of Jeb and Tori took me back to memories of my neighborhood in the early 1970s, as they faced persecution from family, friends, and strangers alike.
This is a story of faith and love triumphing over personal struggles of rejection and guilt, as well as the combined injustice that came from hate and fear directed toward them as a couple.
Separated not only by race and geography, Jeb and Tori managed to bridge the space between America and Ghana, finding common ground and enduring love through their unwavering faith in Christ.
For Christians and non-Christians alike, this book is well worth the time to read, and might even be life-changing for some.
An excellent read! I was given this book courtesy of the author through Interviews and Reviews, and this is my honest review.
I highly recommend this book and would happily give more than 5 stars.
A story about the power of love!
Tori and Jebuni met at an Ghanaian Art Show and formed an instant connection. Of course there were many issues that Tori who is white and Jebuni who is African. They racism they encountered on campus and at home is so heartbreaking. Jebuni and Tori had to learn to fight for what was important and maybe change lives in the process.
One of my favorite quotes from the book is “Slavery diminished man and reduced him to only specter of what he was created to be.” Page 48
I received this book from the publisher and the opinions expressed are entirely my own.