Rufus Hill
This is the fast-moving story of the falling in love of a small-town Southern brand-new lawyer for a beautiful New York-Philadelphia-Berkley socialite, told against the historical 1961 backdrop of the attempt to desegregate the white high school by the lone 16-year-old black son of the lawyer’s family’s “cook.”
Of any profitable royalties from this book 20% will be equally divided between Washington’s THIRD STREET CHURCH OF GOD’s PRAYER BREAKFAST FOR THE HOMELESS and its U.N.I.Q.U.E. LEARNING CENTER for “at-risk” kids, 10% for ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL’S CLASS OF ‘53’s founding a BOYS’ & GIRLS’ CLUB there, and 5% for JONESBOROUGH’S HERITAGE ALLIANCE.
Rufus Hill is a native of ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, and a retired WASHINGTON, DC, lawyer dividing his time between D.C. and the tiny progressive town of JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE, home of the International Storytelling Center.
When she was undressed, he helped her to bed. He slipped quickly out of his clothes.
When he took her in his arms, she seemed to start, almost with surprise, but she made no sound. He was hardly able now to take much notice.
But as he entered this realm of excitement where he could not think too clearly or control himself very well, he began to suspect something. . .
