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A sweeping tale of old loves and festering hatreds, this story will plunge you into the glittering world of the Harlem Renaissance, from the wealthy salons of its movers and shakers to the crowded tenements of its poor. Years earlier, David McKay, an attorney from a prominent Strivers' Row family, mysteriously disappeared while on a covert mission in the South. Now, he's back, drawn home by the news of his sister's suicide. The deeper he probes into Lilian's death, the more he risks revelations of his own dark secret one that could destroy him or redeem him.
(Previously titled: Harlem Redux)
(Previously titled: Harlem Redux)
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Four years after dropping out of Harlem society, David McKay returns home, devastated by the inexplicable suicide of his sister Lilian-and unnerved to learn that she had married in his absence, and that her husband is now claiming ownership of the family home. And as he becomes immersed in unraveling the mystery of Lilian's secretive behavior, traveling from the wealthy salons of Renaissance Harlem to the crowded tenements of its poorest inhabitants, David also finds himself confronted by his own crippling secret-one that could redeem him, or destroy him...
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- PublisherBlood Vintage Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 097925387X
- ISBN 13 9780979253874
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages436
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