Three Stories

About the Book

Each of the stories in this volume reflects, in one way or another, the multiracial and multiethnic character of American society. "A Girl Called Amelia" is about how the relationship between a white man and a black woman affects two white people who are planning to be married. In "The Odyssey of Ray McVie," a Canadian living in New York overcomes the difficult challenges and determined opposition he meets in his career and personal life. "Parenthood" tells how a young woman, who isn't Jewish, escapes the intrigue and harassment she experiences on the job by falling in love with and marrying a Jewish professor.

About the Author

Allen A. Lang was born in Montreal, Canada in 1933, came to the United States as a student in 1956, and became a U.S. citizen in 1971. He lives in New York City. An accountant by profession, he holds degrees in several different fields from McGill University and Columbia University, including a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Columbia. Although the three stories in this volume were written and revised over a period of thirty years, they are here published for the first time.