Secret Love

Jake Roseman is a forty-five-year-old attorney and media darling who leads civil rights protests with a surer touch than he manages his personal life. When Nisa Bohem, a young black activist and actress, is drawn to Jake, the two start a playful, complex romance. Nisa's actor friend Peter also crosses the color line in his love for Simon Sims, the estranged son of a renowned Baptist minister, who tries to reconcile his homosexuality with his participation in the Nation of Islam. Bart Schneider relates these stories with lyrical, sure-footed prose, creating a vibrant, intensely personal tale about four people trying to regain equilibrium amid the political and social upheaval of San Francisco in the mid-1960s.


Genre: Literary Fiction