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. This story is based on someone I knew and the tragic developments following Marias union, though highly fictionalized, is emotionally charged. No inferences are to be made from one or the others character in the story, based on their racial, ethnic, or religious affiliation. 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 vary from mild to monstrous. 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.
