Revelation

Unchained Trilogy, Book 3

Light-skinned Selina Standish lives a life of emotional pain and torment. In 1906, at the age of eight, she is convinced by her mother, actress Lavinia Standish, the daughter of a slave, to pass as white. Although Selina yields to her mother's insistence to pass, she refuses to cut ties completely with her Negro relatives, including her twin brother, a child her mother deems too dark.

However, at age 17, in the year 1915, Selina meets wealthy Southerner Jack Cosgrove, the man of her dreams. Keeping her ancestry a secret, Selina is conflicted by Jack's negative attitude toward her race. She must determine if happiness with him could ever be a possibility, especially if she were to reveal her bloodline.

Later, a chance encounter with Pastor Tony Manning opens Selina's eyes to real love. Although he is a progressive thinker regarding race relations, Tony appears to draw the line at interracial marriage. In order to live as his wife, Selina decides, she must completely disassociate herself from all her "colored" relatives. While bound to a chain of secrecy, Selina struggles to live in honesty. How true can she be to her husband if she can never reveal the truth about herself?

©2014 Maria McKenzie (P)2017 Tantor

Excellent story.

I listened to all 3 stories and this book was the highlight that tied all 3 stories together. I am glad that Salina did the right thing by revealing her true ancestry first to her husband and later to her family before she died. Racial passing was an awful thing to do back in those days but I sorta understood why people did this. I am a black woman with light brown complexion and cannot pass and would not have wanted to. Daniel and Lori Taylor love for each other was genuine. Lavinia was a piece of work. But she paid for her actions in the end. Salina discovered her mother's lie when she was 17 yrs old. Once Salina became old enough, she passed herself. Thankfully once Gabriel visited her, she had to tell her husband the truth. I am glad she finally died in peace after she told her family. Excellent trilogy!

A wasted life without a Loving family!

I disliked Salina ( and Lavenia) for shutting off her California family without visiting investigating or inquiring from her father about what her mother was saying knowing her mother was a big outrageous liar.
And that Salina allowed All her family to die out stating constantly how she loved them but not enough to communicate with them.

"A Suppressed Heritage"

A good story that could fit the narrative for many of our country's citizens...if only they could talk about it.

Great read

Very interesting story. I’m sure many people went through their lives hiding there true bloodlines .

Amazing story. Listen!!!!

I couldn't stop listening to this amazing story! As a woman of mixed ancestry it really made me think of my family.