Description
In this candid memoir, the daughter of an interracial couple comes of age amid the political idealism and upheaval of the civil rights era, moving between households, cities, and sharply different cultural worlds. As she searches for a sense of home, she confronts the competing expectations attached to being Black, white, Jewish, female, and the child of famous parents. With honesty and emotional intensity, the narrative explores race, family, sexuality, addiction, belonging, and the shifting identities people adopt in order to survive. The result is a deeply personal account of self-discovery and the lifelong effort to define oneself beyond inherited labels.
Available Editions
paperback
Riverhead Trade
Published Jan 8, 2002
336 pages
ISBN: 9781573229074
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Black White and Jewish by Rebecca Walker.