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Black, white, and Jewish:

autobiography of a shifting self
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Riverhead Books, Jan 1, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages
Alice Walker and Mel Leventhal, like many blacks from the South and whites from the North were brought together by the Civil Rights Movement. When they married, Mel's family turned its back on him and the first grandchild, Rebecca. After her parents divorced, Rebecca was bounced between white, Jewish, upper middle class suburbs, and her mother's "artisan" class lifestyle. Being black, white, and Jewish, but none of these things, Rebecca turned, chameleon-like, into whomever she needed to be, whether she was in Mississippi, Brooklyn, Washington, DC, the Haight, Westchester, the Bronx or Yale. Confused, and mostly alone, she turned to sex, drugs, books and a cast of characters who walked the edge. This is the story of a child's unique struggle for identity and home when nothing in her world showed her who she was. Poetic reflections on memory, time, and identity punctuate this gritty exploration of race and sexuality.

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User Review  - Tiayra Tucker - Goodreads

I tried several times to get through the beginning of this book. Especially after seeing reviewers say there was sex & parent bashing in it. Seemed like if nothing else, it'd be an entertaining trashy ... Read full review

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The focus of this important memoir is to convey the fullness of Walker's experience as a bi-racial female from childhood to adolescence. The memoir stands as testament to the social construction of ... Read full review

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About the author (2001)

Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her memoir, "Black White and Jewish," is an international bestseller and her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications. Walker lectures extensively across the United States and Canada.