Tracking the origins of both families, she finally reunites two sisters--one "white", the other "black"--after 76 years.. Haizlip's timely and provocative memoir tells the story of her seach for her mother's family, which passed for white, setting it against her father's successful black familyThe author has lived an exceedingly romantic life,
- Title : The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White
- Author : Shirlee Taylor Haizlip
- Rating : 4.96 (721 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-5-17
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 272 Pages
- Asin : 0671792350
- Language : English
Tracking the origins of both families, she finally reunites two sisters--one "white", the other "black"--after 76 years.. Haizlip's timely and provocative memoir tells the story of her seach for her mother's family, which passed for white, setting it against her father's successful black family
The author has lived an exceedingly romantic life, one with lots of family love, friends and activity. They were amongst the elite of New York, sitting on a bunch of trustee boards, knowing all the famous intellectuals, and it was in such genteel circles that she and her husband conducted activism against racism. I am not a test taker by nature, so when a friend suggested this book might be helpful in preparing for my ITIL Foundation exam, I decided to give it a try. Brewer does a superb job of illustrating sound and well thought out map design to any level of GIS user. Margaret and Julian their three children, plus some foster children, lived an exceedingly happy middle class lifelife. Attendees included Betty Shabaz, widow of Malcom X and a daughter of Nelson Rockefeller. She didn't last long there. It stops people from only claiming the ancestors that they most resemble. The children, except for the only sun Julian Jr. I was trying to find a study guide for the ITIL exam and a friend recommended the ITIL Exam Prep Questions, Answers, & Explanations: 800+ ITIL Foundation Question. Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternates. At the end, Haizlip, now living in Los Angeles, finds and attains an awkward reunion with her mother's "white" sister, who "had no colored memories at all." This memoir will confront readers with resonant questions about identity. Her effort to untangle her family history makes for an absorbing, if sometimes convoluted, American saga. From Publishers Weekly "All America is in me," writes the author, whose heritage combines black, white and Indian forebears. Although Haizlip, who was born in 1937, grew up comfortably in Connecticut as the daughter of a Baptist minister, her mother's rejection by her own white father left an enduring wound on both mother and daughter. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Photos not seen by PW . Haizlip's own story includes satisfying, if isolated, years studying at Wellesley, her m
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