The Edge of Yesterday

The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods. Greer Coffey is a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company. Sebastian Coffey is an architect with a prestigious Midtown firm. The CoffeyΓÇÖs are the ultimate dream couple ΓÇö until their world completely unravels. After Greer develops a career ending neurologic disorder,she finds herself back in her hometown of Detroit. Angrylonelyher marriage buckling under the strainshe takes to aimlessly wandering the city streets. One nightshe stumbles through a vortexa portal through time that transports her back into 1925 Detroitwhere she meets a handsomecharming doctor. Dr. Montgomery Gray is a member of DetroitΓÇÖs Black Aristocracywealthy and connected to some of the most powerful Black families in the country. Detroit in 1925 is the beating heart of an industrial nationbut it is also a tinderbox of poor immigrantsProhibition driven gang warsand the Klan. As a member of the Talented TenthMonty is expected to be the tip of the spear in the fight for the Raceno matter the cost. Exhaustedfrustratedand longing to break free of expectationshe is stunned to find a woman from the future roaming DetroitΓÇÖs Black Bottom. Initially cautiousMonty and Greer slowly grow increasingly exhilarated with the visits. For Greer1925 offers an escape from the sorrow of her \