Wherever There Is Light
A Novel
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- 368 pages
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From the beloved author of Comeback Love comes an “absorbing” tale of forbidden romance set against the segregated American South, war-torn Europe, and the civil unrest of the Sixties. Julian Rose leaves Germany for America at fifteen, initially struggling before becoming a prominent bootlegger and later a successful real estate mogul. Kendall Wakefield, a free-spirited college senior aspiring to be a painter, is the daughter of a former slave and the founder of an African-American college in South Florida. In 1938, a dinner hosted by Kendall’s mother reunites Julian with his parents, rescued from the Nazis. This encounter sparks a thirty-year, on-again off-again affair that takes them from Miami Beach to Greenwich Village and postwar Paris. Along the way, they meet influential figures like Sartre and Picasso, who are redefining culture for a new generation. Their enduring longing for each other remains a constant amidst the changing tides of time. This panoramic tale of twentieth-century America is an unforgettable story of defiant love that “is epic and truly felt” (Kirkus Reviews).
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Wherever There Is Light, Peter Golden
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Wherever There Is Light
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Golden
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 1501107631
- ISBN13
- 9781501107634
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, World Literature, USA, Erotica, 20th century, World War II, Jews, Espionage, Lyric, Paris, Jewish Literature, Erotic Novels, Jazz, Legal Environment, Judiciary, Segregation
- Description
- From the beloved author of Comeback Love comes an “absorbing” tale of forbidden romance set against the segregated American South, war-torn Europe, and the civil unrest of the Sixties. Julian Rose leaves Germany for America at fifteen, initially struggling before becoming a prominent bootlegger and later a successful real estate mogul. Kendall Wakefield, a free-spirited college senior aspiring to be a painter, is the daughter of a former slave and the founder of an African-American college in South Florida. In 1938, a dinner hosted by Kendall’s mother reunites Julian with his parents, rescued from the Nazis. This encounter sparks a thirty-year, on-again off-again affair that takes them from Miami Beach to Greenwich Village and postwar Paris. Along the way, they meet influential figures like Sartre and Picasso, who are redefining culture for a new generation. Their enduring longing for each other remains a constant amidst the changing tides of time. This panoramic tale of twentieth-century America is an unforgettable story of defiant love that “is epic and truly felt” (Kirkus Reviews).