Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self Paperback - 2002
by Walker, Rebecca
- Used
Hailed as "compelling" by The Washington Post and "stunningly honest" by The San Francisco Chronicle, this memoir has hit bestseller lists and earned critical praise from coast to coast. Rebecca Walker was born in 1969 to author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal, who met and married in the heyday of the Civil Rights movement. But after their divorce, Rebecca was a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds-and trying to figure out where she fit in.
"Masterfully illuminates differences between black and white America...a heartbreaking tale of self-creation." (People )
"Walker skillfully depicts her tangled upbringing, full of disappointment and privilege." (Time)
"Compelling." (The Dallas Morning News)
"A poignant, spare memoir." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Powerful." (Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia)
Description
Details
- Title Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
- Author Walker, Rebecca
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, USA
- Date January 8, 2002
- Bookseller's Inventory # 31UE34000KHZ_ns
- ISBN 9781573229074 / 1573229075
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.15 x 0.83 in (20.32 x 13.08 x 2.11 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects African American women, Racially mixed people - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 000035292
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
The 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.
