false 1539419 3 Two months before he died of cancer, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side, intending to reveal a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black. But even as he lay dying, the truth was too difficult for him to share, and it was his wife who told Bliss that her WASPy, privileged <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:State></st1:place> childhood had come at a price. Ever since his own parents, New Orleans Creoles, had moved to <st1:place w:st="on">Brooklyn</st1:place> and began to "pass" in order to get work, Anatole had learned to conceal his racial identity. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> literary elite, he maintained the façade. Now his daughter Bliss tries to make sense of his choices and the impact of this revelation on her own life. She searches out the family she never knew in <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:City>, and considers the profound consequences of racial identity. With unsparing candor and nuanced insight, Broyard chronicles her evolution from sheltered WASP to a woman of mixed race ancestry. 1531585 27 9 2007 One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race and Family Secrets total:244|5:40|4:87|3:81|2:31|1:5| 244 858 587 103 0 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 09:23:55 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 23:37:47 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Aug 14 18:44:22 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 18:22:09 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 18:44:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 18 12:49:17 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 13:12:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 17:22:43 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 17:30:46 -0700 2008
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