Dreamers

It's the 1960s in America at the height of the Civil Rights showdown. Street-savvy Thomas, desperate for stardom, meets music student, Annie, desperate for love. To impress his struggling family, Thomas drives a flashy borrowed Dreamers car home to Pittsburgh from New York City and is involved in a minor accident. What was a fender bender in a snowstorm escalates into a confrontation with police and he becomes a fugitive. Evading yet another Christmas family fight, Annie flees to the Pittsburgh Playhouse, bumping into Thomas afterwards and mistaking him for the star. They're both in the wrong place at the wrong time. But they're dreamers. Will they give up on each other? Will Thomas's secrets tear them apart? Or will they live up to their dreams? "Dreamers reminds me that love is like a baby, it needs to be treated gently. This story shows the power of loving across the color lines. Thanks to Ms. Murray for the courage to tell this dynamic timeless story. I want every person I know to read this book." Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Award winning American theater artist and activist "Powerful, compelling story about interracial dating back in the days of "wine and roses". The writer, a former Pittsburgh lady, places the reader in the middle of the early sixties where two young creative souls fall in love. Issues complicate and twist their relationship many different ways on many paths until one lone road unfolds." John M. Brewer, author of African Americans in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Jazz and The Room "There were so many secrets. This is the heart of this taut, nuanced, sophisticated, multi-layered novel. Dreamers, yes. But so were we all in the 1960s." Vicki Weiland, writer/editor, member BAIPA and WNBA-SF "With her second novel, Dreamers, Margaret Murray moves confidently into the realm of well-crafted fiction... a blend of history, romance and social observation; her writing is powerful, her themes timely and her depth of characterization often stunning." Persia Woolley, author of The Guinevere Trilogy