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      Back to Life

      by Wendy Coakley-Thompson
      Published
      Sep 2004
      Main Genre
      Romance Romance
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      275
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      1989.  Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.  An Italian mob murders a black teenager named Yusuf Hawkins.  That same night, across the Hudson River in New Jersey, Lisa and Marc meet at a party.  Lisa's black.  Marc's Italian.

      They eventually hook up.  But interpersonal conflict, racist family and friends, and previous relationships loom.  Their lives also play out in the charged political context of New York City's mayoral race, which pits David Dinkins, African-American Democrat, against Rudolph Giuliani, law-and-order Republican.

      Back to Life is a heady mix of taboo relationships, racial politics, and social commentary that begs the question: Can love really conquer all?

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      Romance

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      African-American

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      First Edition Sep 2004 Dafina ISBN13 9780758207456 ISBN10 075820745X
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      First Edition Sep 2004 Infinity Publishing (PA) ISBN13 9780741409362 ISBN10 0741409364
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      Jun 2005 Dafina ISBN13 9780758207463 ISBN10 0758207468
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      Sep 2017 Duho Books ISBN13 9780999077405 ISBN10 0999077406
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      Sep 2017 Duho Books ISBN10 B075VSS97D
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      Dec 2017 Wendy Coakley-Thompson, Inc ISBN13 9780999077450 ISBN10 0999077457
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      Dec 2017 Duho Books ISBN10 B077RKZS45
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