(Paperback)

A novel that questions the influence of the people who are missing from our lives. It examines the thin line between love and friendship, looking at our complex emotional needs. It explores how one woman's life is dictated by her desire for children, whilst another's is shaped by her decision not to have them.

(Hardback)

Examining works by black writers, this book constructs a typology of white images in the African American imagination. It argues that these images repeatedly occur in works by black writers. Stereotypes include the overt bigot, the hyocrite, the liberal, and the good-hearted weakling.