Gwen Ragsdale

Peculiar Relationships: a Fi Ctional Novel That Describes the Evolving Relationships Between Black Women and White Women from Slavery to Curre Gwen Ragsdale

Publisher Marketing: Peculiar Relationships is a fictional and semi-autobiographical novel based on the evolving relationships and interactions between black women and white women from slavery, to current day. A series of first person narratives describe how shared gender, close proximity, dual tasks, positions of power, or lack thereof led these females to form strong bonds or have terrifying encounters. Throughout history; culture, racial hierarchies, jealousies and other circumstances required black women and white women to deal with a constant changing state of affairs that often impacted their relationships. It is a thought-provoking book that reveals how females deal with their respective insecurities, sexuality, self-esteem and often a shared feeling of powerlessness in a male dominated society. This book reveals how black empowerment and white privilege continues to affect and shape behaviors tday. You will laugh and cry as the author navigates you through a myriad of story lines filled with intrigue, suspense, sex, historic and contemporary contexts that all lead up to an explosive cliffhanger that will leave you gasping for more. This book is a "Must Read for All"! For more information go to www.lwsfm.com