Passing Love

This was a 4-1/2 star book for me. I really enjoyed Jacqueline Luckett's writing style: fluid, engaging, and descriptive. PASSING LOVE is the tale of two women: Nicole-Marie, a 50-something divorcee involved with a married man, and Ruby, a girl growing up in segregated Mississippi. When Nicole's bes......more

I wish we were in a postracial place in the US - but we are not. Race relations still color everything here. This book centers on the present and also post WWII in Paris, where there was simply no racial differentiation. This book helped me imagine the freedom black Americans (mostly soldiers) must......more

Overall I appreciated the authors sense of place (Paris) and her character development. My issue is with her sentence structure which at times felt awkward. I caught myself rereading sentences and paragraphs to discern the meaning. I have caught myself thinking about the characters in the days since......more

Passing love is everything a novel should be. It is a story as complex, multilayered and rich as a French pastry and just as deceptively simple...until you take a bite. Settle back, get comfy and enjoy the journey Nicole, Malvina and Ruby (and their men) take you on through Post WWII and contemporar......more