Knowing (Oeb)

After years of working in a factory, Ginger decides to go back to school and join the 9-to-5 white-collar world. The higher she climbs, however, the more her jealous, controlling husband tries to pull her back down. Desperate to hold onto the things she loves, yet driven to achieve more, Ginger must make choices that are both extraordinary difficult--and ultimately freeing. A wife's ambition to fulfill herself is thwarted by a husband's concern for financial security. She is Ginger Montgomery, a 36-year-old African-American who makes a comfortable living in a car factory in Detroit. She has a large house, four children and a second husband, but she hates her job and dreams of going into business on her own in real estate. The novel describes the way she handles her frustrations, frequently sublimating them in sex. A debut in fiction Ginger waited until she heard the familiar faint, even snoring from the man lying next to her in their usual double-spoon sleeping position.