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Loading... Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away (edition 2006)by June Cross
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I liked this book a lot. It invites the reader to get beyond the quick, culture based assessments we're tempted to make about people's actions in navigating racial interactions. The "secret daughter," who authored the book makes sure issues like the times the she grew up in, the particular environment the mother and the family who adopted her grew up in, the relationship between her mother and the father are shown to contribute to why her mother made her a "secret daughter." ( ) The story of June Cross, a little girl born to a white mother and black father. June's mother dotes on her but unfortunately just before June turns 4, she's sent to live with a black family as June can no longer 'pass' as white. Although June is well looked after by Peggy and Paul, she often lacks a sense of identity. Her mother visits her and sends for her to visit her but after her mother marries, she starts introducing June as her adopted niece and asks June to stop calling her mommie. Peggy and Paul although the love June are also just her 'aunt and uncle.' They have diffrent views about how to raise her that her mother doesn't agree with. This continues and June seeks to find herself and identity and learn more about her family, why her mother gave her away and build relationships. An informative read. 4/5 It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did I became fully engrossed in it. By the end of the book I was in tears. It's the story of a mixed race girl struggling for an identity and love and acceptance from her biological mother. This was an excellent book and I highly recommend it. no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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