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Passing

A letter in purple ink arrives from a woman you last saw twelve years ago in Chicago, and you know the hand before you find the postmark. You play Irene Redfield: settled in Harlem, married, careful. Clare crossed over years ago and married a white man who uses a nickname at the tea table that nobody in the room can laugh at. Eighteen chapters of a friendship you can neither safely keep nor safely end.

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Chapters

1. PassingHarlem Bedroom and Chicago Memory
2. Red ClothChicago Rooms and Harlem Bedroom
3. Heat over ChicagoChicago Street and Drayton Hotel
4. The Woman at the Next TableDrayton Roof
5. A Having WayDrayton Roof
6. Until TuesdayFather's House and Morgan Hotel
7. A Name at the DoorMorgan Hotel and Chicago Street
8. The Look That RemainedFather's House and Eastbound Train
9. The Second LetterHarlem Bedroom and Dining Room
10. The Old ComplaintHarlem Dining Room, Car, and Printing Office
11. The Unanswered LetterHarlem Bedroom and Boys' Room
12. The League DanceRedfield House, Car, and Negro Welfare League Dance
13. After the League DanceHarlem Household
14. An Unsettled HouseholdHarlem House
15. After the Tea TableHarlem House at Christmas
16. A Winter WishFifty-Seventh Street and Harlem House
17. The Withheld WarningHarlem House and Freelands' Courtyard
18. The Sixth FloorFreelands' Apartment and Courtyard

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