President Higgins has said: “People throughout Ireland, in her community of Lismore and far beyond to the many places in which she travelled, and they were many, will have been saddened to hear of the death of Dervla Murphy. This edgy story about a star-crossed couple features strong African American characters and sparkles with smart, quirky dialogue and fresh observations on social pressures and black-on-black prejudice.She documented her journery on her bike across Europe and the East in her 1965 book Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle . And eventually-much to the chagrin of Wendy's father and Hakiam's cousin-they begin a rocky, but ultimately enlightening, romance. But as he gets to know her better, he sees a softer side. When he meets Wendy at the tutoring center, he thinks she's an uppity snob-she can't possibly understand his life. When he aged out of foster care in Ohio, he hopped a bus to Philly to start over, but now he's broke, stuck taking care of his cousin's premature baby for no pay, and finding it harder than ever to stay out of trouble.
Hakiam has never lived in one place for more than a couple of years. But Wendy feels that her race is more than just the color of her skin, and she takes a job tutoring at an inner-city community center to get a more diverse perspective on life. He even objects to Wendy's plan to attend a historically black college.
Her dad, who fought his way out of the ghetto, doesn't want her mingling with "those people." In fact, all Wendy's life, her father has told her how terrible "those people" are. Wendy lives in an all-white suburb of Philadelphia, where she's always felt like the only chip in the cookie.
Wendy Anderson and Hakiam Powell are at opposite ends of the spectrum-the social spectrum, the financial spectrum, the opportunity spectrum, you name it.
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