Black lotus : a woman's search for racial identity / Sil Lai Abrams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrams, Sil Lai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abrams, Sil Lai.

Multiracial people--United States--Biography.

Multiracial people.

Self-acceptance.

Passing (Identity).

United States.

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people--Race identity.

Winter Park (Fla.)--Biography.

Winter Park (Fla.).

Passing (Identity)--United States.

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

Self-acceptance--United States.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Karen Hunter Publishing/Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Karen Hunter Publishing/Gallery Books, [2016]

Summary:

"The unique and beautifully written story of one multiracial woman's journey of acceptance and identity that tackles the fraught topic of race in America. Sil Lai Abrams always knew she was different, with darker skin and curlier hair than her siblings. But when the man who she thought was her dad told her the truth--that her father was actually black--her whole world was turned upside down. Raised primarily in the Caucasian community of Winter Park, Florida, Abrams was forced to re-examine who she really was and struggle with her Caucasian, African American, and Chinese identities. In her remarkable memoir, she shares this journey and how it speaks to a larger question: Why does race matter? Black Lotus is a story of acceptance and identity but it is also a dialogue on the complex topic of race in this country by an award-winning writer and inspirational speaker"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Karen Hunter nonfiction original hardcover"--Title page verso.

Other Format:

Online version: Abrams, Sil Lai. Black lotus

ISBN:

9781451688467

1451688466

OCLC:

945549650