Caucasia

By Danzy Senna,

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From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career

“Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take … Haunting.” —The New York Times Book Review

Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white…

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1 author picked Caucasia as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Birdie and Cole are sisters with biracial parents on the brink of danger during the turbulent 1960s.

Despite their attempts to cling to each other, their parent’s involvement with a violent anti-establishment group will eventually separate them: Cole with her dark-skinned father and Birdie with her white mother.

The girls' desperate attempt to remain together and later find each other is heartbreaking and encouraging. This book made me cry.

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