Speak Now Author:Frank Yerby Jacket flap copy: "Set in the Paris of today [ca. '69] against a background of student revolts, political upheavals, and dynamic social change, SPEAK NOW tells the story of a black jazz musician and his encounter with a white Southern girl. These haunted figures are forced to come to terms with their past, their oppressive heritages and their em... more »bittered prejudices. This is a bittersweet romance, for not only must these 2 deal w/ their personal conflicts, but they are forced out into a tense, complex and often ungenerous world. As they struggle to maintain a sense of privacy and integrity, they define themselves and the world that might be possible for them. Frank Yerby brings to this contemporary tale all the vigor, imagination and great narrative skill of his previous works. In SPEAK NOW he offers the reader an intensely persona story, written with corrosive honesty and brutal truth."« less