false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg 11777 7 <p> Fifteen years ago, in 1975, Genna Hewett-Meade's college roommate died a mysterious, violent, terrible death. Minette Swift had been a fiercely individualistic scholarship student, an assertive&#8212;even prickly&#8212;personality, and one of the few black girls at an exclusive women's liberal arts college near Philadelphia. By contrast, Genna was a quiet, self-effacing teenager from a privileged upper-class home, self-consciously struggling to make amends for her own elite upbringing. When, partway through their freshman year, Minette suddenly fell victim to an increasing torrent of racist harassment and vicious slurs&#8212;from within the apparent safety of their tolerant, "enlightened" campus&#8212;Genna felt it her duty to protect her roommate at all costs. </p> <p> Now, as Genna reconstructs the months, weeks, and hours leading up to Minette's tragic death, she is also forced to confront her own identity within the social framework of that time. Her father was a prominent civil defense lawyer whose radical politics&#8212;including defending anti-war terrorists wanted by the FBI&#8212;would deeply affect his daughter's outlook on life, and later challenge her deepest beliefs about social obligation in a morally gray world. </p> <p> <i>Black Girl / White Girl</i> is a searing double portrait of "black" and "white," of race and civil rights in post-Vietnam America, captured by one of the most important literary voices of our time. </p> 3069781 1 10 2006 Black Girl/White Girl total:639|5:53|4:178|3:254|2:118|1:36| 639 2011 950 121 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 1 false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 07:50:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 06:39:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 2 1 false Thu Dec 20 17:55:14 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 21:26:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 394010 0061125652 9780061125652 57 12 3.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394010.Black_Girl_White_Girl_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 01 19:16:21 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 27 08:22:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 2 0 false Fri Oct 09 11:05:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:05:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 4 0 false Tue Jun 30 04:21:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 04:26:28 -0700 2009
I don't believe this book was even reviewed as one of the genre of novels that discuss the fallout of 1...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 19:47:19 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 20:54:28 -0700 2009
Well-written and detailed, this novel drew me in bit by bit. While I kept reading to find out the fate of the char...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 4 0 false Fri Jul 24 01:32:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 05:15:30 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 01:32:02 -0700 2009
The story is wri...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 2 false Sat Jan 03 10:28:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:29:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:49:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:49:48 -0800 2009 In 2006 Joyce Carol Oates released two novels (Missing Mom and Black Girl/White Girl), a new collection of short stories (High Lonesome), and another novel under her pseudonym Lauren Kelly (Blood Mask). What negativity exists in reviews of her latest work is tied to accusations that Oates sells a pr...

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i may be somewhat dense, but i just did not get what this book was about? a troubled black girl on a merit scholarship to a private northeast college in the mid 70s? or her equa...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 1 1 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 01 19:04:05 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 21:14:14 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 15:01:38 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 15:06:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 4 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 02:02:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 07:29:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 0 true Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 01:55:55 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 05:05:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 2 0 false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 05:31:43 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 05:35:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 2 0 false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:01:19 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 20:36:20 -0700 2008 tell me about this location or this event...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 3 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 18:55:25 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 19:03:30 -0700 2008

Generva Meade, daughter of radical activist lawyer Maximillian Meade and ex-flower child Veronica Hewett-Meade, is in her freshman year at Schuyler College, some old Quaker school found...more...]]> 11777 0061125644 9780061125645 567 105 3.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166485813m/11777.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl 1 1 false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 21 21:05:42 -0800 2008 Mon May 12 21:55:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 394010 0061125652 9780061125652 57 12 3.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394010.Black_Girl_White_Girl_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 18:41:57 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 11:26:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11777