A Long Time Coming — Phyllis A. Whitney

“It was quite true, you couldn't go back…because life itself went ahead. You outgrew one relationship, but you grew into another that might be even more important. That was what was beginning now, and Tom was a part of it. They both had so much time…time to find out about each other.”

Against a background of vicious prejudice, Christie Allard finds herself town between the town she loves and her off-and-on romance with a young newspaperman. His seeming dislike her together with their mutual concern over the plight of the Mexican-American migrant workers force an association which leads to mutual respect and, in time, love. Tension and ill-feeling toward the migrants combined with Christie's personal problems result in a confused and explosive atmosphere which all young people will recognize.