The release date for the English version of 'The House of Eve' by
Sadeqa Johnson is Feb 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
From the bestselling author of Yellow Wife, a bold and redemptive book that examines what it means to be a mother and a woman, as well as how much one is prepared to give up to accomplish her biggest ambition, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
the 1950s Philadelphia: Despite having a mother who is more concerned with maintaining a guy than raising a daughter, fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on pace to be the first person in her family to attend college. However, a forbidden romance poses a danger to drag her down into the poverty and hopelessness that have been ingrained in her from infancy.
Arriving in Washington, DC, Eleanor Quarles is a secretive ambitious woman. They fall deeply in love when she attends Howard University and meets the dashing William Pride. However, William is descended from a rich Black aristocratic family in Washington, DC, and his parents don't let just anybody into their home. Eleanor believes that having a child would provide her the life she has been longing for and allow her to finally feel at home in William's household. But it's easier said than done to fit in and have a kid.
When their lives unexpectedly intersect, Ruby and Eleanor will have to make choices that affect how their lives turn out.