Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Night Talk

0/5 ( ratings)

At night, under the same roof, under the same moon, nothing divides the girls, Evie and Janey Louise. Talking in their beds they discuss their mothers, Agnes and Volusia; their absent fathers, one dead, one on the other side of the country; and their brothers, one fighting polio, the other fighting in the U.S. Army.

Their closeness blinds Evie to the divisions of daylight-- that she is white and her best friend is black; that it is her family's house they live in; that Janie's mother is the housekeeper for Evie's family. For years the inequities of race so permeate their lives that they remain invisible to Evie. It is only later in life that a startling series of events forces Evie to ask Jane for forgiveness.

With elegance and compassion, Elizabeth Cox charts the course of two unlikely friendships, between two daughters and their remarkable mothers. Largely set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights days of the fifties and sixties, Night Talk also confronts the unexpected challenges of the present day. Throughout the novel, Cox exposes the insidious and persistent barriers that prevent us from being honest with each other.

Night Talk is a compelling novel by a passionate writer who cares deeply for her characters and for our world.

Language: English

Pages: 267

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1997

ISBN 13: 9781555972677

Night Talk

0/5 ( ratings)

At night, under the same roof, under the same moon, nothing divides the girls, Evie and Janey Louise. Talking in their beds they discuss their mothers, Agnes and Volusia; their absent fathers, one dead, one on the other side of the country; and their brothers, one fighting polio, the other fighting in the U.S. Army.

Their closeness blinds Evie to the divisions of daylight-- that she is white and her best friend is black; that it is her family's house they live in; that Janie's mother is the housekeeper for Evie's family. For years the inequities of race so permeate their lives that they remain invisible to Evie. It is only later in life that a startling series of events forces Evie to ask Jane for forgiveness.

With elegance and compassion, Elizabeth Cox charts the course of two unlikely friendships, between two daughters and their remarkable mothers. Largely set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights days of the fifties and sixties, Night Talk also confronts the unexpected challenges of the present day. Throughout the novel, Cox exposes the insidious and persistent barriers that prevent us from being honest with each other.

Night Talk is a compelling novel by a passionate writer who cares deeply for her characters and for our world.

Language: English

Pages: 267

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1997

ISBN 13: 9781555972677

More books from Elizabeth Cox

The Slow Moon

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Familiar Ground

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Bargains in the Real World: Thirteen Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

I Have Told You and Told You

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Southern California Miscellany

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Losing Control: a Roommates Story Part One (Roomates Book 1)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Bargains in the Real World: Thirteen Stories

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Messenger from Mystery

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Jungian Archetypal Psychology Made Easy [We Promise]

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Tales from the Orchard 3: An anthology by the Students of Old Orchard School (Volume 3)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Weather Wits and Science Snickers: Corny Jokes and Cool Facts!

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Women's Mood Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide to Perinatal Psychiatry

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Night Talk

4.5/5 ( ratings)

A Question of Mercy

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The Cottage Minstrel

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Messenger from Mystery

4.5/5 ( ratings)

California Pioneers

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?