Unbelonging

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>Seattle 1945 </strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>A compelling story of four families coping with hate and exclusion in a city transformed by a world war.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center>A female defense worker turned labor activist endangers herself and her family.</p><p class=ql-align-center>A Negro war hero faces a racial battlefield at home. </p><p class=ql-align-center>A Japanese internee learns the end of war did not end the hate. </p><p class=ql-align-center>A British war bride discovers the American dream isn't for everyone.</p><p class=ql-align-center>A novel about a city plagued with racial tensions labor unrest </p><p class=ql-align-center>and cold war hysteria that will shatter the myth of an enlightened and inviting Seattle. </p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>Welcome to the City on the Sound where no one is sure where they belong.</strong></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center>* * * * *</p><p></p><p>Never bashful about pursuing a dream David J. Jepsen walked away from a 30-year career in journalism and corporate communications to fulfill a lifelong passion-history. His goal was to do what he is doing now: writing and teaching history. Today he finds great satisfaction teaching Pacific Northwest and U.S. history at Tacoma Community College. He holds a master's degree in history and a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Washington and lives in Gig Harbor Washington. This is his first novel.</p><p></p>