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- In 1975 Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent death partway through their freshman year.
- Author(s): Joyce Carol Oates
- 304 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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This painfully intimate depiction of race in America is a double portrait of "black" and "white" in America in the years of crisis following the end of the Vietnam War.Book Synopsis
In 1975 Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent death partway through their freshman year. Minette Swift had been assertive, fiercely individualistic, and one of the few black girls at their exclusive, "enlightened" college--and Genna, daughter of a prominent civil defense lawyer, felt duty-bound to protect her at all costs. But fifteen years later, while reconstructing Minette's tragic death, Genna is forced to painfully confront her own past life and identity...and her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world.
Black Girl / White Girl is a searing double portrait of race and civil rights in post-Vietnam America, captured by one of the most important literary voices of our time.
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"Masterful...Black Girl/White Girl is another success for its author." -- BookPage
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