While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding throughout America in the wake of President Obama's election, Michele Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within her own family that had been willfully withheld. These revelations--from her father's shooting by a Birmingham police officer to her maternal grandmother's job as an itinerant Aunt Jemima in the Midwest--inspired a bracing journey into her family's past, from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots in the Deep South.

The result is a rich and extraordinary family memoir--filled with stories that elegantly explore the power of silence and secrets--that boldly examines racial legacy and what it means to be an American.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Norris, Michele
ISBN: 9780307475275
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.73
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Year: 2011

The Grace of Silence: A Family Memoir

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