by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
In this romantic melodrama, a light-skinned black woman abandons her family to pretend that she is white. She soon marries a white wealthy man, but does not tell him the truth. Eventually the pressures caused by her deception cause her to breakdown.
characteristics
- Race Relations
- Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
- Racism
- Woman
- Questioning [police Interrogation]
- Racist
- Romance
- Secrets
- Romantic
- Proposal
- Skin
- Passing-for-white
- Doubt
- Deception
- Deceit
