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So glad I came across this book. What is it like to grow up in a biracial family? Read this book and find out. There was a lot of sadness in this memoir. I remember the ugly things my own family used to say when we passed biracial families in the grocery store. I didn‘t fully understand then, but even as a child that young I knew something was wrong with what they said. It is racist attitudes like that, that are why Julie had the childhood

Not sure how this book slipped by my radar, as it‘s right up my alley. A fantastic memoir, which I listened to on audio, read by the author. What a great experience! Perfectly told scenes from her childhood growing up biracial in all-white areas due to her father‘s job. She vividly describes many other scenes from her life in which race has impacted the situation, including life with her husband and children. Great!
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A mixed race American growing up mostly in all-white Verona, WI and trying to find identity. Maybe thin, but some moving talk on a racism and overall nicely done. She‘s an excellent reader. (Just finished)

Read this book. Listen to what she has to say about living in this world where her skin defines so much about how she is perceived and how society perceives her children. How she was raised by a white mother who wanted her to accept, love and embrace her blackness. How her fathers career kept her in predominantly white areas where she would often be the only black girl. Then see how she grows and embraces her truth! Well written and heatwrenching.

Starting this book now! Growing up Black in the 70s and 80s: a memoir.