Book: Seeking
Author: Bernie Silver
Publisher: Wicked Women of Color, LLC
Genre: Contemporary I/R



Seeking is not an erotic tale, or even a romantic tale in the traditional sense, yet it is an intriguing tale. Just the right length, it pricks at your conscience making you wonder where you’d fit in the world that Ms. Hylton has brought to life. Comfortable with his arrogant streak, the older and thrice-divorced Brandon Millstein is set in his ways. Comfortable with her wants and herself the much younger (and much blacker) Tracy Anjou doesn’t waste time with a lifestyle/things she doesn’t want (regardless of whether society says she should want them) or bullshit.
Taken separately, Brandon and Tracy are just two blips in the realm of ordinary, but together … ah, together, they give good talk. I was fascinated with their witty dialogue. Brandon and Tracy reminded me of yin and yang. In many ways, Brandon and Tracy are the quintessential stereotypes of older, Jewish man and young, black woman. Brandon seemingly adheres to the unwritten rules of society keeping his nose to the grindstone (even after retirement). Tracy on the other hand has metaphorically dumped society’s rules in the paper shredder and turned it on without bothering to read them. Whereas Brandon is quiet, she doesn’t have a filter on her mouth, but that’s what makes her so damn fun.
This is not your average tryst … but that’s what made it cool for me. Seeking is a story that makes you think of the person you are and compare it to the person you present to the world. It makes you consider time and how you want to fill it up. In the end Seeking is a thinking story, making you laugh in places, sigh in others, and in the end leaving you wondering if you are living your life or are you merely living the life that society has told you to. This story isn’t what I expected at all … it is more. Impressive, it falls somewhere between a 3.5 and a 4.0.
Jayha