In The Face Of The Sun

 Two women, Aunt Daisy and Frankie Sanders are the main characters in the book In The Face Of The Sun by Denny Bryce. Aunt Daisy lived in Los Angeles and became a famous black journalist in the 1920's.  She is reckless and profane. She comes to Chicago in 1968 to help rescue her niece, Frankie, from her abusive husband. Frankie doesn't really want to go with Aunt Frankie because she hardly knows her. But she does know her husband will come to the Greyhound station so she really doesn't have much choice in the matter. Frankie recently found out she was pregnant. When she is struck by a car outside the Greyhound station she is taken to a hospital. The hospital calls her husband and tells him Frankie is pregnant. Frankie and Daisy travel route 66 west and eventually make it to Frankie's mother's house where her husband is waiting for her. Frankie and her husband end up getting a divorce. Aunt Daisy has taught Frankie she deserves better. This is historical fiction so some of the characters, mainly the journalists, are real people. This was an excellent story.