With his lyrical storytelling and unerring ear for dialogue, Ernest Hill has been praised as a remarkable and skilled writer. His latest novel finds expertly portrays the emotionally resonant story of a young man's struggle to pursue his dreams and find the woman who can share his life. It's a year of firsts fro Maurice Dupree - he's the first in his family to go to college, and he's well on his way to becoming the first black laywer in his hometown of Brownsville. Omenita Jones, though, won't wait for Maurice...she's tired of waiting on other people. Will they stay together?