Checkered fences

By Alma Hudson

Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Fiction, political, Fiction, Interracial dating, California, fiction, Race relations, Fiction, romance, historical, general, African americans, fiction

Description: It's the late 1970s in California, a time of racial turbulence. Diane Jones, an African-American 18-year-old honors student, takes a job as a nanny to a prestigious white family, Jerry and Ann Shaw, before entering college. Their eldest son, David, returns home for the summer and an immediate attraction sparks between Diane and David.