{"product_id":"9780063009486","title":"Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLawton, Georgina\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Debut of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Freshly\u003cbr\u003efascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological\u003cbr\u003edislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions of\u003cbr\u003eidentity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particular\u003cbr\u003eplace in the world.” -\u003cem\u003eNew\u003cbr\u003eYork Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e’s\u003cbr\u003eGeorgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed—through\u003cbr\u003ethe author’s own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been\u003cbr\u003eraised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to\u003cbr\u003ehomogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no\u003cbr\u003ereason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and\u003cbr\u003edark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina’s\u003cbr\u003einsistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference or\u003cbr\u003eaccess to black culture, she lacked the coordinates to make sense of who she\u003cbr\u003ewas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt\u003cbr\u003ewas only after her father’s death that Georgina began to unravel the truth\u003cbr\u003eabout her parentage—and the racial identity that she had been denied. She fled\u003cbr\u003efrom England and the turmoil of her home-life to live in black communities\u003cbr\u003earound the globe—the US, the UK, Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Morocco—and to explore her identity and what it meant to live in\u003cbr\u003eand navigate the world as a black woman. She spoke with psychologists,\u003cbr\u003esociologists, experts in genetic testing, and other individuals whose\u003cbr\u003eexperiences of racial identity have been fraught or questioned in the hopes of\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding how, exactly, we identify ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaceless \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cbr\u003ean exploration of a fundamental question: what constitutes our sense of self?\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on her personal experiences and the stories of others, Lawton grapples\u003cbr\u003ewith difficult questions about love, shame, grief, and prejudice, and reveals\u003cbr\u003ethe nuanced and emotional journey of forming one’s identity.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46829011435775,"sku":"9780063009486","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063009486_s600x595.jpg?v=1777309697","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063009486","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}