Kaylin Jones

Being a gay man can be dangerous, especially for soldiers on the cusp of the Second World War. Set around the days leading and following the event of Pearl Harbor, John finds himself entangled in the greatest (forbidden) love of his life and his greatest loss, and those who try to help him along the way.

Elizabeth Macy is a white passing black woman in the 1940s, tormented after years of lying and pretending. It is what she must do. She knows her life is not her own, but rather three separate identities she must portray for the benefit of others. Eliza, the dutiful and conformed housewife to be to her white fiancé, Barry Rhodes. Ellie, the passionate hopeless romantic who loves Delilah Graves fiercely. Bes, the daughter of Helen Macy, a woman who is trying her best. That is, until Elizabeth decides to choose herself. And the decision she makes? It’s almost like flying.