The groundbreaking story centers on Renay, a talented black musician who is forced by pregnancy to marry the abusive, alcoholic Jerome Lee. When Jerome sells Renay's piano to finance his drinking, she leaves her destructive marriage, and flees with her young daughter to Terry, a wealthy white writer whom she met at a supper club. Terry awakens in Renay a love and sexual desire beyond her erotic imaginings. Despite the sexist, racist, and homophobic prejudices they must confront, the mutually supportive couple finds physical and emotional joy.When Jerome discovers the nature of Renay and Terry's friendship, he beats Renay nearly to death and, in a drunken rage, kidnaps his daughter, who subsequently dies in a car accident. Grief stricken and guilty about her love for Terry, Renay feels that God has punished her and breaks off their relationship to atone for her "sins." In the end, she returns to Terry and a renewed life.

Loving her;: A novel

LGBTQ+ Books

Shockley, Ann Allen

Literature & Fiction

Bobbs-Merrill

Afro-American Women Writers, 1746-1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide

History & Criticism

G.K. Hall

The black and white of it

Naiad Press

The Black and White of It

United States

Loving Her

Naiad Pr

Say Jesus and Come to Me

A new contemporary novel from Ann Allen Shockley, author of the 1974 classic, Loving Her. Hotchclaw is an HBC - an Historically Black College - a survivor among the many small southern colleges that came into being after slavery to promote higher education for black students in an era of segregation. Hotchlaw is ready to celebrate its 100th anniversary. But under the surface of the jubilation and pride there are internal conflicts, professional, psychological and sexual, between the president and faculty. And a contingent of students also making waves. After a shocking discovery about one of the school's most admired professors, sparks fly and it's a wild party! NOW an e-Book Too!!!!!!

Celebrating Hotchclaw

A&M Books

<p>The groundbreaking story centers on Renay, a talented black musician who is forced by pregnancy to marry the abusive, alcoholic Jerome Lee. When Jerome sells Renay's piano to finance his drinking, she leaves her destructive marriage, and flees with her young daughter to Terry, a wealthy white writer whom she met at a supper club. Terry awakens in Renay a love and sexual desire beyond her erotic imaginings. Despite the sexist, racist, and homophobic prejudices they must confront, the mutually supportive couple finds physical and emotional joy.When Jerome discovers the nature of Renay and Terry's friendship, he beats Renay nearly to death and, in a drunken rage, kidnaps his daughter, who subsequently dies in a car accident. Grief stricken and guilty about her love for Terry, Renay feels that God has punished her and breaks off their relationship to atone for her "sins." In the end, she returns to Terry and a renewed life.</p>

Loving Her (New England Library Of Black Literature)

Northeastern University Press

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