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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780593443040
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2023
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
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An award-winning journalist tells the story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he'd never met-and how faith brought them all together.
An award-winning journalist tells the "riveting" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he'd never met-and how faith brought them all together.
"A compelling and courageous journey that bears witness to the realities of systemic racism, the complexity of identity within that system, and the possibilities of reconciliation."-Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
WINNER- The Christopher Award; The Illumination Award; Nonfiction Book Award; Georgia Center's "A Book All Georgians Should Read"
John Blake grew up in a notorious Black neighborhood in inner-city Baltimore that became the setting for the HBO series The Wire. There he became a self-described "closeted biracial person," hostile toward white people while hiding the truth of his mother's race. The son of a Black man and a white woman who met when interracial marriage was still illegal, Blake knew this much about his mother- She vanished from his life not long after his birth, and her family rejected him because of his race.
But at the age of seventeen, Blake had a surprise encounter that uncovered a disturbing family secret. This launched him on a quest to reconcile with his white family. His search centered on two questions- "Where is my mother?" and "Where do I belong?" More Than I Imagined is Blake's propulsive true st
ISBN: 9780593443040
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2023
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Description:
An award-winning journalist tells the story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he'd never met-and how faith brought them all together.
An award-winning journalist tells the "riveting" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he'd never met-and how faith brought them all together.
"A compelling and courageous journey that bears witness to the realities of systemic racism, the complexity of identity within that system, and the possibilities of reconciliation."-Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
WINNER- The Christopher Award; The Illumination Award; Nonfiction Book Award; Georgia Center's "A Book All Georgians Should Read"
John Blake grew up in a notorious Black neighborhood in inner-city Baltimore that became the setting for the HBO series The Wire. There he became a self-described "closeted biracial person," hostile toward white people while hiding the truth of his mother's race. The son of a Black man and a white woman who met when interracial marriage was still illegal, Blake knew this much about his mother- She vanished from his life not long after his birth, and her family rejected him because of his race.
But at the age of seventeen, Blake had a surprise encounter that uncovered a disturbing family secret. This launched him on a quest to reconcile with his white family. His search centered on two questions- "Where is my mother?" and "Where do I belong?" More Than I Imagined is Blake's propulsive true st