Waiting in Vain - Softcover

Channer, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345425529 ISBN 13: 9780345425522

Publisher: One World, 1999

Synopsis

Meet Fire--Jamaican-born, charming, poetic, and talented--a man who's vowed to never play "love-is-blind" games again. Then he meets Sylvia, a beautiful magazine editor who keeps her passions under lock and key. Together they must choose between the love in their lives and the love of their lives.

From the galleries of Soho to the brownstones of Brooklyn, from the nightclubs of London to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, Channer takes us on a wild, soul-searching ride as Fire and Sylvia try to connect, disconnect, and reconnect amid conflicting desires and wounds from the past. But through intricate love triangles, skewed priorities, and crushing personal tragedies, Fire, Sylvia, and their friends must learn that some things in life are worth fighting for. If not, you're simply waiting in vain.

About this title

From the Publisher

What a great early reception we've been getting to this book! It's struck a chord with
readers and it's been wonderful to watch the early excitement. I have a feeling that this
title is going to have a major effect on readers and that it will be talked about for quite
a while. E. Lynne Harris says of Colin Channer: "He has the ear of a poet and the
heart of a lover." Dianne McKinneyh-Whetstone calls the book a "lavish and lush read
filled with spice, sass and passion." And Kwame Dawes offers: "We see an enviable and
unusual achievement" with Colin's book. This book is an alternate selection of the
Quality Paperback Book Club.

African American booksellers across the country tell me this book is flying off the shelves.
Nkiru in Brooklyn says it's the most requested book of the last few weeks (7/27/98). Eso-
Won in LA says that he sold out of his initial orderof 45 already and is going to order 50 more
asap. African Spectrum in Atlanta moved over 250 books during the National Black Arts
Festival. Afrocentric in Chicago says the women customers come in asking for it as
well as for the sampler we offered that gives the prologue and first chapter --it may
become a collector's item. It's summertime and folks want an entertaining read and
Colin delivers.

About the Author

A freelance copywriter and editor, Colin Channer has had his work published in Essence, Millimeter, Ebony Man, Black Enterprise, and Billboard on subjects ranging from popular music to economics and media technology. He is the author of the short stories "The Ballad of the Sad Chanteuse  and "Black Boy, Brown Girl, Brownstones,  included in the anthology Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: One World
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0345425529
• ISBN 13: 9780345425522
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352