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Defending Alice : a novel of love and race in the roaring twenties
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Defending Alice : a novel of love and race in the roaring twenties
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In a novel based on a real-life case, 1920s New York society is set ablaze when Alice Jones, a working-class woman with at least one black parent, marries Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander, the son of a wealthy, prominent family, who makes international headlines after he sues for annulment, accusing her of hiding her "Negro blood."
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Title
Defending Alice : a novel of love and race in the roaring twenties
Call No
F STR
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Authors
Stratton, Richard (Richard H.)
Subjects
Jones, Alice Beatrice--Fiction.
Jones, Alice Beatrice. fast (OCoLC)fst00456312
Interracial marriage--Fiction.
Scandals--Fiction.
Marriage--Annulment--Fiction.
Trials (Divorce)--New York (State)--Fiction.
Interracial marriage.
Marriage--Annulment.
Scandals.
Trials (Divorce)
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.
New York (State)
New York (State)--New York.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Novels.
Language
English
Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
ISBN
9780063115460

(hardcover)

LCCN
bl2022035554