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Jan 03, 2014
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I've gotten to the point in my reading life where I can frequently predict what's going to happen in a book. Whether it's a result of reading so voraciously for so many years or from my knowledge of story structure, themes or being able to interpret subtext and recognize foreshadowing, I'm not sure. Of course, I'm not always right, but my batting average is pretty darn good. That's why books that surprise me in some what always end up as favorites. The ending of Passing surprised me, though it p
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I really liked this book. The focus of the book was of course "passing" and the problems and heartache it caused for those who chose this route. But I also liked that it showed the "Negro" community as a group of successful, educated people who had a social order of their own. I know that there was discrimination and racial prejudice in 1927 New York, but this book focused on the life within that community, and the desire of those "passing" to be a part of it.
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