Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting SelfThe Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol—and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal. |
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... Daddy goes to Estelle's, the soul food place on the other side of town where heis the only white customer, and brings me home alarge order ofthe pigintestines. Mama puts me inmybig woodenhigh chair withthe smooth curved piping, andthen ...
... Daddy goes to Estelle's, the soul food place on the other side of town where heis the only white customer, and brings me home alarge order ofthe pigintestines. Mama puts me inmybig woodenhigh chair withthe smooth curved piping, andthen ...
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... Daddy told the judge that his wife was in labor, turned his case over to cocounsel, and caught the last plane backto Jackson. WhenI picture him, I conjure a civil rights Superman flying throughasnowstorm ingray polyester pants and a ...
... Daddy told the judge that his wife was in labor, turned his case over to cocounsel, and caught the last plane backto Jackson. WhenI picture him, I conjure a civil rights Superman flying throughasnowstorm ingray polyester pants and a ...
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... Daddy remembers something I'venot heard before:A nurse walks into Mama's room, my birthcertificate inhand. At first glance, allofthe information seems straightforward enough: mother, father, address, and so on. But nextto boxes labeled ...
... Daddy remembers something I'venot heard before:A nurse walks into Mama's room, my birthcertificate inhand. At first glance, allofthe information seems straightforward enough: mother, father, address, and so on. But nextto boxes labeled ...
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... Daddy with his bunch of redroses and queasiness atthe sight of blood, Mama withher stoic, silent pain.Maybe thenurses don't loadmy future up with tired, justofftheplantation narratives.Perhaps they don'tgiveita second thought. Following ...
... Daddy with his bunch of redroses and queasiness atthe sight of blood, Mama withher stoic, silent pain.Maybe thenurses don't loadmy future up with tired, justofftheplantation narratives.Perhaps they don'tgiveita second thought. Following ...
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... daddy is agood white man!” and smiles, her big teeth all white and perfect. Linda is sick fora long time. Does she have the mumps, tonsillitis? Daddy says it's because she doesn't want togo home. Mama endsup taking care of both ofus ...
... daddy is agood white man!” and smiles, her big teeth all white and perfect. Linda is sick fora long time. Does she have the mumps, tonsillitis? Daddy says it's because she doesn't want togo home. Mama endsup taking care of both ofus ...
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Brooklyn | |
Morphology | |
Atlanta | |
San Francisco | |
Phoenicia | |
How Memory Works | |
Larchmont San Francisco | |
Monroe | |
Bellingham Ubud | |
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