Full Circle Author:Steel, Danielle From the war-torn '40s to the '80s, Full Circle captures a nation swept up in bewildering change. Men and women seeking solutions to problems people had never before faced...seeking answers to questions that had never before been asked. Here is the battle for Civil Rights...the history of the generation that paid the price for Vietnam. Here a... more »re men and women determined to find personal significance in a world where "having everything" has taken on new meaning...in lives that must come full circle. Jean Roberts, almost instantly a widow, promised herself that her infant daughter, Tana, would "have everything." Jean's boss, Arthur Durning, seemed able to provide for that. Unhappy with his personal life, he offered Jean and her child every luxury, every advantage--except marriage. Convinced that her security and Tana's hapiness depended on Arthur's wealth and position, Jean clung to him. Mother and daughter had found security, but at a price. Then, in one shocking night, Tana's innocence would end and her life would change forever. Betrayed by the very values meant to protect her, Tana found herself suddenly a stranger to her mother and to her own past. For Tana, the years to come would be filled with unforgettable people: Sharon Blake, the beautiful black girl who knew the meaning of pride and integrity--and sacrifice; Miriam, Sharon's powerful mother, who would point the way to Tana's future; Harry Winslow, who shared with Tana a friendship more sustaining than any love; and Russ Carver, the man to whom Tana would dare entrust her future.« less