Campbell, Bebe Moore

Bebe tells of the surprises, secrets, disappointments, loneliness, and the bond between a daughter and her father who were separated by divorce.

A Chicago-born young African-American man pays the ultimate price for speaking a few words in French to a white woman while visiting relatives in Mississippi in the 1950s.

Mindy visits the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem and finds inspiration to perform in her jazz dance recital.

When her teacher suffers health problems because of her weight, Nikki, who is always getting teased about her size, decides she wants to live a healthier lifestyle.

Maxine McCoy, producer of a popular television show, has good reason to be pleased with her life, but a history of disappointments keeps her from fully enjoying her successes; and it is not until she is called back to her childhood neighborhood in Philadelphia to care for her grandmother that she learns to come to grips with her past.

When Hosanna Clark befriends Holocaust survivor Gilda Rosenstein, she opens the door to a new life for both of them.