Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her AwayPosted in Autobiography, Biography, Books, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Monographs, United States, Women on 2010-01-15 23:00Z by Steven |
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
Viking Press an imprint of the Penguin Group
2006-05-17
320 pages
8.26 x 5.23in
Paperback ISBN: 9780143112112
eBook (Adobe reader) ISBN: 9781429515375
eBook (eReader) ISBN: 9781429517829
eBook (Microsoft Reader) ISBN: 9781429512923
June Cross, Professor of Journalism
Columbia University
June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James “Stump” Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of survival. It traces June’s astonishing discoveries about her mother and about her own fierce determination to thrive. This is an inspiring testimony to the endurance of love between mother and daughter, a child and her adoptive parents, and the power of community.