White Coat Fever by Roland S. Jefferson
By Sharel Gordon-Love • Sep 7th, 2009 • Category: Book Review 2009 •
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Author Roland S. Jefferson has written a novel that not only takes us through a little history from the 1960s era, but shows us that the more things change, the more they remain the same.
September was ready to become the young lady that being a debutante and a high school graduate signified that she would be. Along with this new transition in her life, September also wanted to become a woman by taking her relationship with Bennyboy to an intimate level beyond the friendship they shared since September was a child.
Going away to Wisconsin on a full scholarship for nursing, while Bennyboy and his best friend, Perry, headed for Howard University to finish medical, school created a distance that September was not ready for. Taking Bennyboy’s lack of attention for a possible new relationship gave her the prompting needed to experience life outside of what September was accustomed to in Los Angeles concerning racial tension, rights and the overall treatment of Negro people, as they were called in the 60′s.
While September involved herself in fighting for rights for Blacks in the South, Bennyboy lost himself in a very beautiful woman, Aiyana, who left her college to attend Howard to be close to him with an agenda of her own. Perry warned Bennyboy of Aiyana’s initial intentions, but Bennyboy was swept up in her beauty and ignored all the signs of who Aiyana really was.
In spite of the fact that September had become a totally different person, taking risks that surprised her parents and friends, she and Bennyboy had a connection that could not be denied. What, if anything, would become of their friendship? Will Bennyboy continue to see Aiyana despite Perry’s warnings? After all, a lot of women wanted to date and ultimately marry a doctor in those days.
There is so much more to White Coat Fever, but it is truly a story that lets us see that there is nothing new under the sun. Same thing, it just happens on a different day. I found myself humming, “she got white coat fever” to the tune of Jungle Fever from Spike Lee’s movie. I enjoyed the story because it could have been written in the present and readers could still relate. I recommend this book to those who enjoy a history lesson, romance and a little mystery.
Review by Sharel E. Gordon-Love
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Sharel Gordon-Love is a single mother of three grown sons and one adoptive daughter, and the author of When He Calls, a Christian Fiction novel. An avid reader since the age of five, Sharel has a passion for the written word and what can be done with it. Sharel finds a way to share the written word through children and women's ministries; she is a licensed Evangelist Missionary in the Church of God in Christ.
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