Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published: 24/04/2003
ISBN: 9780142437278
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 197mm x 10mm x 130mm
Weight: 132g
RRP: £9.99
A classic, brilliant and layered novel that has been at the heart of racial identity discourse in America for almost a century.
Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage and has severed all ties to her past. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, but refuses to acknowledge the racism that continues to constrict her family's happiness. A chance encounter forces both women to confront the lies they have told others - and the secret fears they have buried within themselves.
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published: 24/04/2003
ISBN: 9780142437278
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 197mm x 10mm x 130mm
Weight: 132g
RRP: £9.99
It is a tragic story rooted in inescapable facts of American life: that whiteness conferred an almost universal unearned advantage, and that loyalty to a black racial identity was not only an act of pride but also one of courage