Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White
by Earl Lewis, Heidi Ardizzone
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Author: Earl Lewis, Heidi ArdizzoneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-07
ISBN: 0393050130
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Book Review: Truth that reads much like fiction
Summary: 4 Stars
I came across a review of this book when scanning a genealogical magazine. The author of the review stated that this work of non-fiction reads much like fiction, and I concur. Most of the book is well-written and engaging, though it leaves the contemporary reader scratching his head in wonderment that these events happened less than a century ago. Ultimately, there are no heroes in this book, however. It still seems incredible to me that there was virtually no discussion of race or ancestry, either within the Jones family or with Kip Rhinelander. Rhinelander really comes off as quite the cad. He appears to have genuinely loved Alice Jones (as she did in return), but he was so spineless in being "forced" into pursuing an annulment of his marriage. It is also sad that Alice never remarried or had children. Both her life and Rhinelander's appear to have been largely wasted. That is the real tragedy of the tale.
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