Wayne Crawford

Deadly Exchange Wayne Crawford

Under the cloak of darkness, a shadowy figure takes a small bundle, drives to a stately southern mansion, and climbs into the second-story window. The individual steals away with a small bundle, and drives away. At dawn, a woman's scream echoes long and loudly across the countryside. The year is 1950. Segregation is a seething issue in Augusta, Georgia. Two interlinked families are on a collision course. How does a wealthy white socialite couple living in the Deep South in the early 1950s cope with the dilemma of having their newborn son kidnapped, and a Negro baby left in its place? How does a mother deal with her long-standing prejudices as she cares for the black baby, believing that the baby's mother will come forth and retrieve her son? Who would do this, and why?The reader encounters one anguishing incident after another, feeling the hopelessness of insurmountable dilemmas.'A superb read. I can't wait for the movie.' Kaye Stevens, Nationally known singer-dancer-actress of stage screen and television