And This Too Shall Pass

by E. Lynn Harris and Mae E. Johnson

Book Overview

A stellar quarterback, an ambitious sportscaster. What happens when rising stars collide?

In And This Too Shall Pass, Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to intersect in romance and scandal. At the heart of the novel is the celibate Zurich, a rookie quarterback for the Chicago Cougars whose trajectory for superstardom is interrupted by a sexual assault charge by Mia, a sportscaster...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385480318
• ISBN13: 9780385480314
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Any Way The Wind Blows

I found this book mind blowing. It was the second of E. Lynn Harris novels that I read within three days. (Yes, that is how good they both were). I also thought that Any Way The Wind Blows were apart of the Invisible Life set, but it wasn't, but Basil Henderson is one of the main characters in this book, whereas he was only a minor character in Invisible Life as was Raymond Tyler. I have only read two of Mr. Harris's novels, but I am quickly becoming a fan of his work.

E. Lynn Harris is fabulous author

I have read all five of his works, some twice. I just love this author. When I first picked up the first book, it was enlightening on alot of aspects, my eyes were open to things I never knew. I would like to thank him for letting us in on facts some of us we have never known. I really loved Zurich he was a great character and Mia was really missed up. I give this book the thumbs up.

Struggles for love in a tough society

AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS is an inspirational story about four main characters. The characters each lead different lifestyles and face real-life predicaments in search of true love or accomplishing their goals. As a reader of this novel, you will find that you actually may relate to at least one of the characters, which lures you to keep on reading no matter what hour of the day. Harris, my all-time favorite author, delivers yet another story filled with entertaining dialogue, refined characters, realistic dilemmas, and interesting topics of-- love, hope,friendship, and dreams. While reading this unique novel, I found it to be more and more difficult to put down because I was always in suspense to see what surprises would be next. The character Sean, an African-American, gay male can best be compared to Leland in IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE, another excellent novel by E. Lynn Harris. Both characters share the same lifestyle with struggles as gay men in a controversial society in search of true love like any other couple. Once again, Harris has written an outstanding novel which I would recommend to any audience. If you want to find out if Sean ever finds the love he's been searching for, you'll have to read AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!!

an excellent read.

I must say i thouroughly enjoyed reading 'And this too shall pass. I have just started invisible life. What can i say. I laughed and cried at the plight of sean and zurich. it was such a briliiantly written book full of vivid descriptions of everyday people i cant wait to buy more of his publications. I live in England so i have to wAit forever for it too come over here so i'll just have to wait. The main ingrediant that Harris has his his ability to transcend race age and sexuality in his reading,. I am of white Jewish origin, 20 yrs of age, who has a wonderfull outlook on life, its just fantastic that here we have a writer who is close to all our hearts concerns and who also challenges the ignorance of society. I cant wait to read more.

Unforgetable!

I picked And This Too Shall Pass up about 18 months ago, not really knowing what it was, but needing to read something different. I fell in love with the characters after reading two paragraphs! I'm the type of person who reads a book once and then it goes on the shelf to collect dust, not this one. Every six months or so I declare an E. Lynn Harris day; I unplug the phone, put a "Do Not Disturb, I'm Sick" sign on the door, get a bottle of good wine, and break out his books. I still cry and laugh out loud reading And This Too Shall Pass, something that rarely happens. I absolutely love this novel and am looking forward to any and everything else by this wonderful author.