Connie Briscoe je autorkou na plný úväzok už viac ako desať rokov. Napriek tomu, že sa narodila so sluchovým postihnutím, nikdy jej to nezabránilo v sledovaní jej snov – písania. Odkedy opustila svet úpravy kníh, aby sa stala spisovateľkou, Connie sa objavila na zoznamoch bestsellerov New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, USA Today a Publishers Weekly.
Černošská autorka ve své knize zpracovává příběh s rasovou tematikou. Přibližuje rozsáhlé období 20 let černošské dívky Naomi Jeffersonové, která vyrůstá ve spořádané, dobře situované rodině. Po bratrově smrti a během studií na univerzitě si začíná osobně uvědomovat rasové a politické problémy. Prochází řadou osobních zklamání, než dosáhne uspokojení a úspěchu v životě.
Growing up in a loving and supportive middle-class family in Washington, DC, in the '60s, Naomi Jefferson worries about what to wear, her bra size and meeting boys, and she has dreams of one day opening her own clothing store. While she knows racism is a problem (occasional brushes with the uglier side of people don't let her forget it), Naomi is, at heart, just like any other teenage girl. All of that changes when Joshua, Naomi's older brother, is killed in an accident on his way to a civil rights demonstration in Chicago. Racism becomes a personal issue, and Naomi decides that she needs to help bring about changes in the system. At college in Atlanta, she becomes immersed in politics, organizing protests and butting heads with school administrations as well as with her boyfriend, who isn't too friendly to the cause. Disillusioned by authority figures and betrayed by the man she loves, Naomi returns home, confused about the world and her place in it.
Beverly, Charmaine, and Evelyn are three sisters living in the same Maryland town outside Washington, D.C., each wishing her life were just a little different. Beverly is twenty-nine and single. She's a successful magazine editor who would love to be in love. The problem is, no man can meet her high standards. Charmaine longs to finish her degree, but meanwhile, she has to juggle a thankless job, a beautiful child, and an irresponsible husband she doesn't quite have the nerve to leave. Evelyn seems to have it made. She has a successful psychology practice and her husband is a partner in a prestigious law firm. But there's trouble in paradise, and Evelyn refuses to face the facts.
She's hearing impaired and could not find her cochlear implants in the darkness, which left her unable to both see and hear the intruder.Was her attacker a stranger or someone whom she knows-a person who may have once been close to her?Flashback to a year earlier when Alexis meets the man of her dreams.