Description
Book SynopsisCelebrates the special circumstance of being born and reared in a household where being a woman of mixed race could be a fundamental source of strength, vitality, and courage. This book traces Day Shepherd's journey to Bronzeville, the epicenter of black Chicago during the first half of the twentieth century.
Trade Review"A warm and touching memoir of a close-knit family as well as a record of the tumultuous history of race relations in the U.S." - Booklist "Graceful, intelligent, full-hearted, and searching, Hartfield's memoir tells the story of her mother's journey from a Southern plantation to the clamor of New Orleans to the bustle of Chicago's Bronzeville.... Another daughter writing a memoir about a woman like Day in a city like Chicago in a time like the explosive 20th Century might have filled these pages with bitterness.... Not Ronne Hartfield. Her mother had dignity, and dignity is what Hartfield gives to these pages." - Beth Kephart, Chicago Tribune "Best Nonfiction Books of 2004"
