My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness - Softcover

Raybon, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140244360 ISBN 13: 9780140244366

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1997

Synopsis

"In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a conscious decision to stop hating white people. Her journal/analysis provides discourse on hatred and forgiveness, the rise of her hatred, and her efforts to conquer her fears and forgive the past. An unusual account of conscious change."--Kirkus Reviews.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Raybon is an award-winning journalist, author, and essayist. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder to teach print journalism for 15 years. In 2006 she turned to writing full-time. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and USA Weekend, among others. She has also won a number of awards, including the Christopher Award and the Books for a Better Life Award for her memoir on racial forgiveness, My First White Friend. She now lives in Colorado with her husband.

Synopsis:

Tired of living with her anger toward the white establishment, an African American journalist examines the origins of her hate, her road to self-awareness, and the difficult path from hatred to forgiveness, trust, and love.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140244360
• ISBN 13: 9780140244366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264