Payment in Full

by Henry Denker

A young Jewish couple vows to raise an eight-year-old black girl true to her own culture and heritage, in a novel about racial prejudice and intolerance

Genres: Fiction

Hardcover

First published August 29, 1991

Reviews

[C.A. Simonsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

Payment In Full follows the life of an orphaned Black girl named Elvira. The story covers the years 1930 to 1989, and every chapter is a lesson in human behaviour: the bad and the good.

Author Henry Denker does a first-class job of addressing the anguish caused by religious intolerance and racial intolerance. The novel never preaches but rather focuses on telling a moving story. Highly recommended to history teachers across the land!

[Stacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could, I would give this book a 10 but alas the highest score is 5. I enjoyed this book so much. I highly recommend it. The characters are likeable. The story is engrossing. It is still an easy read - I read 200 pages in a few hours. The only complaint I have is that I never wanted to put it down - LOL. If time had allowed I would have finished this 400+ page book in 2 days.

[Christine Sutphin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Henry Denker. I had read his books years ago and am enjoying rereading them again. Payment in Full is one of his best. I bought a copy of it to enjoy rereading it again in the future. It speaks of prejudice and the need for tolerance and understanding which is a message that never grows old. Even though it was written in 1991 I did not find it “dated” and would recommend it highly.

[Margaret Boehm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good novel about life and how there is some prejudice in all of us.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the middle of the Great Depression there are severe problems in the country. In the Rosen home the young couple learn that they will never be able to produce a baby of their own. Then they meet an eight year old black girl and bevieve that their dream of a child might come through.

[Diane Wachter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Payment in Full, Henry Denker, RDC-M, #3-91, 7/91. Story about a childless Jewish couple who take in a lonely little black girl and raise her as their own. Good.