Relationships and Challenges

Relationships often hit a road block when two lovers with differing backgrounds of race and faith lose their initial fervor of love and face the hard realities of married life.

It is further complicated by parents who interfere with their forgiving flow of love for each other, by demand of strict adherence to their religious beliefs and practices.

The Story and Its Context

This story is based on someone I knew and the tragic developments following Maria's union, though highly fictionalized, is emotionally charged.

No inferences are to be made from one or the other's character in the story, based on their racial, ethnic, or religious affiliation.

Immigration and Prejudice

To many of the new immigrants, America is a promised land where they can realize their dreams and attain opportunities and financial betterment.

However, animosity and racial prejudices run rampant among these diverse groups. It seems everyone, at times, is guilty of these hateful thoughts, although the degree of their prejudices varies from mild to monstrous.

Reflections on Human Nature

I am attempting to reflect the foreboding thoughts that creep into the young minds, when things go wrong which in turn adds fuel to the burning fire of discord in their married life.

Please remember that realism prevails in the text of this novel.