Passing

by Nella Larsen

Passing is about hypocrisy and fear, secrecy and betrayal.

Gertrude, Irene thought, looked as if her husband might be a butcher.

Damn, rude, Irene

notion of Brian’s of going off to Brazil,

What's up with all the mention of moving to South America in this book? Was there a flock of Americans (US) migrating down there for jobs or something around the 20's that I'm not aware of?

Pain, fear, and grief were things that left their mark on people. Even love, that exquisite torturing emotion, left its subtle traces on the countenance.