Nella Larsen: PASSING [2020] paperback ZCPIC One Night on the Island

One Night on the Island

Daily life on these small ships is vividly described

Drawn from the long-forgotten self-help bestsellers of the Victorian age

And where can you find lions in the wild

it's a champagne blowout and the hangover from hell

Nella Larsen: PASSING [2020] paperback ZCPIC One Night on the IslandClare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair skinned and ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her African American heritage. When she renews her acquaintance with her childhood friend Irene, who has not hidden her origins, both women are forced to reassess their marriages, the lies they have told and to confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. Nella Larsen's intense, taut and psychologically