Historical Fiction
An elderly white woman asks her Black hairdresser to drive her from Texas to a funeral in Cincinnati, sharing her story of forbidden interracial love in 1930s Kentucky.
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An elderly white woman asks her Black hairdresser to drive her from Texas to a funeral in Cincinnati, sharing her story of forbidden interracial love in 1930s Kentucky.
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A debut novel interweaving the story of a heartbreaking, forbidden love in 1930s Kentucky with an unlikely modern-day friendship.
Eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis: drop everything and drive from Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati. Tomorrow. Dorrie, fleeing problems of her own, agrees. It's a journey that changes both their lives, as she learns Isabelle's tale of a forbidden relationship and its tragic consequences-- a tale that j...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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On-page intimacy in the forbidden interracial romance; sensual, not highly graphic
Violence & gore
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Racist violence and tragic harm tied to 1930s segregation; not highly graphic
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central focus on 1930s segregation, interracial bans, and present-day racism
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Systemic racist cruelty, segregation harm, and tragic fallout of forbidden love
Other
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