A Life Apart: A Novel

Just as his strength is about to give out, Morris, a young U.S. Navy enlistee, is pulled out of the waters of Pearl Harbor by a sailor who later perishes from one of the relentless Japanese Imperial Army torpedo attacks.  When Morris returns home to Boston, he calls upon his rescuer's sister, Beatrice, to pay his respects.  The comfort they offer each other is a godsend, while the sexual attraction they feel is as compelling as it is forbidden.  Beatrice is black and Morris is white, and during the early 1940s Beatrice’s friends and relatives believe that nothing but trouble will come from this liaison. Morris tells no one about Beatrice because he is married and has a young baby that he has yet to get to know.