TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,Sadeqa TI - The house of Eve T2 - Reese's book club SN - 9781982197360 AV - PS3610.J64 2023 KW - Motherhood KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - Married women KW - Self-realization in women KW - fast KW - Nineteen fifties KW - sears KW - Man-woman relationship KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Pennsylvania KW - Philadelphia KW - Domestic fiction KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction KW - Novels KW - Historical fiction KW - Psychological fiction N2 - "Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright... Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC's elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don't let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William's family and grant her the life she's been searching for. With their stories colliding in the most unexpected of ways, Ruby and Eleanor will both make decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives"-- ER -