Frank S. Joseph's debut novel TO LOVE MERCY confronts race and ethnicity in segregated Chicago in the late 1940s. The book follows two boys -- one black, one white -- lost in the city together and exploring with innocent enthusiasm while their families tear each other apart in fear. Racial tensions thread through the novel and personal choices are made with a shattering clarity against the pressures of the city.
Includes a historical Afterword on Bronzeville, "Chicago's Harlem," in the voices of a dozen people who lived there in the '30s, '40s and '50s.
To Love Mercy
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Book Details
Author(s)Frank S. Joseph
PublisherPublishers Place Inc
ISBN / ASIN0974478539
ISBN-139780974478531
Sales Rank1,633,888
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸