I Didn't Know I Was Black Until You Told Me

by Thomas Kirst

An inspirational book detailing the profound changes in the life of a black child being left at a hospital after birth. Thirteen months into his life being adopted by a white couple that migrated from Europe before World War 2, who would later adopt over twenty children with different nationalities. The author writes of his emotional struggles from being abandoned and not knowing how to accept love to searching for answers to the pain and confusion that comes with growing up in white churches and schools while being black in the 1980s. Through anger, drugs, alcohol, jail, death, racism, and having the feeling there's no one to connect with to finding out who he is. The author takes you for a riveting ride through his life as he never gives up to find the answers he is looking for that haunted him throughout his life. Through life, love, hate, hurt, tears, and confusion, the author finds what he is looking for. But did he? An unbelievable ending to a lost soul that endured emotional trauma as in the end, he learns to love what he pushed away, learns to accept his life and who he is.

Genres: Nonfiction

86 pages, Paperback

Published March 4, 2019

Reviews

[Gordy Grant]

Very well written story

This book was read in couple of hours but the emotions that the author felt. I also felt that when I was reading this book. This is how well tells the story. When someone can literally make you feel what they were feeling at each moment says a lot about the author. I recommend everyone to buy and be this book. They were some views That were different from mine but I saw appreciated his honesty and could clearly see why he has those. But this book was so eye-opening for me. Keep on telling your story.