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A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year

Freshly fascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological dislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions of identity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particular place in the world.” -New York Times Book Review

From The Guardian’s Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed—through the author’s own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been raised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.

Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a t

Raceless

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    A Paperback / softback by Georgina Lawton

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 23 February 2021
      ISBN-13 9780063009486
      978-0063009486
      ISBN-10 006300948X
      Also in:
      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year

      Freshly fascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological dislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions of identity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particular place in the world.” -New York Times Book Review

      From The Guardian’s Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed—through the author’s own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been raised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.

      Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a t

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