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A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging
W. W. Norton
May 2006
On Sale: May 8, 2006
224 pages
ISBN: 0393058905
EAN: 9780393058901
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Kym Ragusa's stunningly beautiful, brilliant black mother
constantly turned heads as she strolled the streets of West
Harlem. Ragusa's working-class white father, who grew up
only a few streets (and an entire world) away in Italian
East Harlem, had never seen anyone like her. At home their
families despaired at the match, while in the streets the
couple faced taunting threats from a city still racially
divided—but they were mesmerized by the differences between
them. From their volatile, short-lived pairing came a sensitive
child with a filmmaker's observant eye. Her two powerful
grandmothers gave her the love and stability to grow into
her own skin. Eventually, their shared care for their
granddaughter forced them to overcome their prejudices. Rent
parties and religious feste, baked yams and baked
ziti—Ragusa's sensuous memories are a reader's delight, as
they bring to life the joy, pain, and inexhaustible richness
of a racially and culturally mixed heritage.
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