false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg 1001622 2 July 15, 1968. It is only three months following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the nation is burning. Black and White America are locked in the tense grip of massive change. Into this inferno steps an unsuspecting young White couple. Neither significantly knew even a single African American person while growing up. Now, a child will change all of that forever. In this fateful moment, a Black baby becomes perhaps the first in the history of New Mexico to be adopted by a White family. Here is a brazenly honest glimpse into the mind and heart of that child, a true story for the ages that flows like a soulful river—separated from his mother at birth, placed into foster care, adopted, and finally reunited with his biological family in adulthood—an astounding journey of personal discovery. Jaiya John has opened the floodgates on his own childhood with this piercing memoir. Black Baby White Hands, a waterfall of jazz splashing over the rocks of love, pain and the honoring of family. Magically, this book finds a way to sing as it cries, and to exude compassion even as it dispels well-entrenched myths. This story is sure to find itself well worn, stained by tears, and brushed by laughter in the lap of parents, adolescents, educators, students and professionals. Here comes the rain and the sunshine, all at once. 987112 2002 Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib total:34|5:7|4:9|3:11|2:6|1:1| 34 117 71 10 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 2 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:29:27 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:29:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 3 0 false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 05 12:58:43 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 00:07:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 2 0 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Dec 23 01:16:45 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 01:18:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 5 0 false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:21:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 10:25:09 -0700 2009 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 0 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 13:31:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 13:31:38 -0700 2009 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 1 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Sep 19 22:54:56 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 22:59:48 -0700 2008 1 First imagine a four-year-old telling you his every thought.
Then imagine the opposite of stoicism.
Then imagine so many double-binds and hypocrisies that you want to spit.
Imagine the tragic sensitive artist digging through issues of race.
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Not a rainbows-and-flowers view of transracial adoption, but not an indictment, either. Leaves you with much to think abo...more...]]> 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 31 10:56:32 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 10:59:22 -0700 2007 love it... but it's good. I think that when I read it I was really looking for something a tad *angrier* ha ha. ]]> 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 5 0 false Tue Aug 19 13:41:01 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 13:42:16 -0700 2008 1001622 0971330816 9780971330818 34 10 3.44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180126174m/1001622.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1001622.Black_Baby_White_Hands_A_View_from_the_Crib 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 03:19:49 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 03:20:59 -0800 2008
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