Torn apart by the demands of their separate careers, her parents' union eventually lost steam and failed, leaving Walker to shuttle back and forth across country to spend time with them both.
Walker examines her early years in Mississippi as the loved, pampered child of parents active in the Civil Rights movement in the bloody heart of the segregated South. highly readable debut."- Entertainment Weekly "Walker elegant, discreet candor.will attract a wealth of well-deserved praise."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A beautifully written meditation on the creation of a woman's sense of self."-Jane Lazarre, author of Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness "eply affecting.The daughter of famed African American writer Alice Walker and liberal Jewish lawyer Mel Leventhal brings a frank, spare style and detail-rich memories the this compelling contribution to the growing subgenre of memoirs by biracial authors about life in a race-obsessed society.
highly readable debut."- Entertainment Weekly "Walker elegant, discreet candor.will attract a wealth of well-deserved praise."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A beautifully written meditation on the creation of a woman's sense of self."-Jane Lazarre, author of Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness "eply affecting."-Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia, "Compelling."- The Washington Post "Stunningly honest."- San Francisco Chronicle "A complex, all-American story."- USA Today "Walker masterfully illuminates differences between black and white America.A heartbreaking tale of self-creation."- People " offers painful childhood memories of straddling two vastly different cultures-black bohemia and Jewish suburbia-to fashion a cautionary tale about the power of race in shaping identity. "Compelling."- The Washington Post "Stunningly honest."- San Francisco Chronicle "A complex, all-American story."- USA Today "Walker masterfully illuminates differences between black and white America.A heartbreaking tale of self-creation."- People " offers painful childhood memories of straddling two vastly different cultures-black bohemia and Jewish suburbia-to fashion a cautionary tale about the power of race in shaping identity.
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