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Maybe Crossings

Maybe Crossinngs is the first novel in Eick's Crossings Series, followed by Dark Crossings and RESISTANCE! Each is a stand-alone read that follows characters introduced in the earlier books.

Maybe Crossings begins in the 1960s with Black and White young people who join the Civil Rights Movement. Their lives are entwined by commitment to the Movement and the danger they have experienced. The story then shifts to 2003 when the children of those activists are living their own quite different lives in the twenty-first century. Racial violence is not as common and attitudes toward marriage, pregnancy, commitment, and women's roles have shifted profoundly. When, three decades after the Movement, some of the activists reconnect, the results are surprising, even shocking A story of Black and White people trying to live responsibly in the complicated world of the 21st Century. A story of family--birth, adoptive, acquired, and reclaimed. A story told against the historical background of real events and people during the 1960s and 2000s.

REVIEW COMMENTS

One reviewer wrote: "At various points in the book, I actually spoke out loud. When a book makes me actually become vocal, while reading it, it means that I'm enjoying it. I'm telling friends and family about 'Maybe Crossings.'”

Another wrote: "I just finished reading Maybe Crossings, by Gretchen Eick, yesterday and was so surprised and pleased with the ending of the book. I enjoyed the entire novel and the vivid scenes it created in my mind as I read the skillfully told story. It was hard to put the book down when I had to come back to my real life duties at various times. This book was especially meaningful to me as it filled a space left void in my life with vivid details of the civil rights events that happened during my teen years that I had only heard about in news stories at that time. The intimacy of the family and the people involved with each other in the book was compelling. I am going to give this book to my children and grandchildren as it is a beautiful, enjoyable read while one learns some poignant, meaningful civil rights history."

Third: "an epic novel—not for its length—but because it’s extraordinary. It’s about relationships that are sometimes fragile, sometimes strong. We get caught up in day-to-day life. It’s about courage and perseverance, about children and youth, and the trenches of U.S. history...Eick is a master at plotting, building tension, and showing various points of view. Her engaging characters are real—people I know. They’re interesting but not perfect. Like us, they age, and wonder at what is and what might have been."