Böcker av Susan Welch

Although the opinions of whites on issues of race and inequality have been examined in depth, the perceptions of blacks about these issues have been largely ignored. This book is a pathbreaking analysis of black opinions about the sources of their inequality in American society and the appropriate means for redressing this imbalance.

A change in race relations during the past two decades has seen declining racial segregation in most of America's major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents. A component of this decline in segregation has been the movement of blacks to the suburbs.

Can love for a secret child heal old wounds?St. Paul, MN, 1946: Introspective Shannon Malone and her more popular sister Eliza are Irish twins and best friends. As little girls, they relied on each other for companionship and affection as their mother remained distant, beating back the demons of her own mysterious childhood. With the war finally over, womanhood approaches and both girls look forward to promising--though different--futures. But when tragedy rocks their family, silence and shame bloom and one sister leaves, possibly forever. Heart-broken and physically scarred, the other secretly vows to hold the invisible thread that runs deeply between them. In the course of her journey she finds a child with a hidden past, the love of a good man, and discovers the true meaning of family. But is it enough to bring her sister home?.