- African American neighborhoods, Family, Models (Persons), Comedians
Traces the author's experiences of growing up with a white father who believed himself to be African-American, describing how his efforts to indoctrinate his daughter into black culture caused her to be rejected by her black and white peers.
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Classical in form, intimate, character-led and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Mishna Wolff
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 273
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312378554
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