Bereft - M. A. Quigley - Bog

In the 1970s, a lovesick white girl just out of college sees a colored man she used to know on the beach. They aren't meant to be with one another, but her parents find them and whisk her away. The girl and the man meet again, and their passion is reignited. They fall in love. Her parents want her to marry a farmer and organize a date, but the girl has other ideas. Despite what her parents think, she sees no age limit or color, only love.