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A former editor of The New York Times Book Review describes growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s and becoming one of the first black women at Yale, and explains why recent changes in the welfare system will keep her story from being repeated. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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Review:
" A clear, poignant, eloquent account of a courageous young woman whose tortured father and heroic mother helped shape her wonderful destiny."
--James McBride, author of The Color of Water
" Excruciatingly honest--Good autobiography requires not only literary skill but also passion and candor. All these Rosemary L. Bray displays in abundance."
--The New York Times Book Review
" In this richly told, well-written memoir, Bray pushes beyond easy summations of her life, beyond the boxes and categories; she claims and celebrates her life, presenting her story in all of its many dimensions."
--Chicago Tribune
" Straightforward--brisk and rousing--should be read by all who seek to 'know' welfare, not according to the fund of racist and malignant misconceptions but according to the testimony of one who actually knows it from inside."
--Washington Post Book World
" Inspirational--More than a memoir, it is a 1960s coming-of-age tale, a professional development review, and a collection of essays on class, race, and political issues as they intersect in a Black woman's life."
--Emerge
"A clear, poignant, eloquent account of a courageous young woman whose tortured father and heroic mother helped shape her wonderful destiny."
--James McBride, author of The Color of Water
"Excruciatingly honest--Good autobiography requires not only literary skill but also passion and candor. All these Rosemary L. Bray displays in abundance."
--The New York Times Book Review
"In this richly told, well-written memoir, Bray pushes beyond easy summations of her life, beyond the boxes and categories; she claims and celebrates her life, presenting her story in all of its many dimensions."
--Chicago Tribune
"Straightforward--brisk and rousing--should be read by all who seek to 'know' welfare, not according to the fund of racist and malignant misconceptions but according to the testimony of one who actually knows it from inside."
--Washington Post Book World
"Inspirational--More than a memoir, it is a 1960s coming-of-age tale, a professional development review, and a collection of essays on class, race, and political issues as they intersect in a Black woman's life."
--Emerge
From the Back Cover:
--James McBride, author of The Color of Water
" Excruciatingly honest--Good autobiography requires not only literary skill but also passion and candor. All these Rosemary L. Bray displays in abundance."
--The New York Times Book Review
" In this richly told, well-written memoir, Bray pushes beyond easy summations of her life, beyond the boxes and categories; she claims and celebrates her life, presenting her story in all of its many dimensions."
--Chicago Tribune
" Straightforward--brisk and rousing--should be read by all who seek to 'know' welfare, not according to the fund of racist and malignant misconceptions but according to the testimony of one who actually knows it from inside."
--Washington Post Book World
" Inspirational--More than a memoir, it is a 1960s coming-of-age tale, a professional development review, and a collection of essays on class, race, and political issues as they intersect in a Black woman's life."
--Emerge
"A clear, poignant, eloquent account of a courageous young woman whose tortured father and heroic mother helped shape her wonderful destiny."
--James McBride, author of The Color of Water
"Excruciatingly honest--Good autobiography requires not only literary skill but also passion and candor. All these Rosemary L. Bray displays in abundance."
--The New York Times Book Review
"In this richly told, well-written memoir, Bray pushes beyond easy summations of her life, beyond the boxes and categories; she claims and celebrates her life, presenting her story in all of its many dimensions."
--Chicago Tribune
"Straightforward--brisk and rousing--should be read by all who seek to 'know' welfare, not according to the fund of racist and malignant misconceptions but according to the testimony of one who actually knows it from inside."
--Washington Post Book World
"Inspirational--More than a memoir, it is a 1960s coming-of-age tale, a professional development review, and a collection of essays on class, race, and political issues as they intersect in a Black woman's life."
--Emerge
In this Memoir, Rosemary Bray describes growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s and becoming one of the first black women at Yale - and she shows why changes in the welfare system make it virtually impossible for her inspiring story to happen today. When Rosemary Bray's mother decides to apply for welfare, it creates a rift between her parents, and yet it proves to be the salvation of the family, enabling the Bray children to be educated - and education was the one thing her parents agreed upon as the only way to a better life. Bray writes movingly about her resourceful mother, who joins the Catholic church and shepherds the children to school. The nuns at the Catholic school spot Rosemary's potential and arrange for her to become one of the few black children at Parker, a predominantly white private school on the other side of Chicago. In a series of powerful vignettes, Bray describes the shock of discovering the discrepancies between her life and the lives of her affluent classmates. She writes of the experiences that gave her hope: a teacher fostering her development and choosing her to play the title role in Alice in Wonderland; the thrill of being accepted at Yale; falling in love; becoming a journalist; and, ultimately, becoming a mother.
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- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0613177576
- ISBN 13 9780613177573
- BindingSchool & Library Binding
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