The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White - Hardcover

Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671792350 ISBN 13: 9780671792350

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1999

Synopsis

Haizlip's timely and provocative memoir tells the story of her seach for her mother's family, which passed for white, setting it against her father's successful black family. Tracking the origins of both families, she finally reunites two sisters--one "white", the other "black"--after 76 years.

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Review:

Veronica Chambers
Los Angeles Times Book Review
"May this stirring American voice tell us many more stories."

About the Author:

Shirlee Taylor Haizlip:

A Note to Her Readers;

"This book started out as a gift in the form of a personal memoir for
my mother's eightieth birthday. Once engaged in the research to help
reclaim her missing family, there was so much drama, I knew I had a
book. Finding my mother's family with scant clues after seventy-six
years was a major triumph. I have changed my mind about the meaning
of race since completing this book. The concept of race is no longer
a viable entity for me; in fact, I believe the word is both political
and anachronistic.

"My family has grown by leaps and bounds all over the
country. Folks who call themselves white and those who call
themselves black claim to be related to me. I welcome them all.

"My mother, Margaret Morris Taylor, has been transformed by
the events in the book. She and her sister have developed a
sweet relationship. She has nieces and nephews who are thrilled
to have a new matriarch on their family tree; but more
importantly, she can now place herself among its many
branches."

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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0671792350
• ISBN 13: 9780671792350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271