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A black woman born to white parents at the height of official apartheid in South Africa describes growing up in a white family, persecuted beacuse of her dark skin and frizzy hair, her reclassification as "coloured," elopement with a black man, estrangement from her parents, life in a poor all-black township, and eventual reunion with her mother after the 1994 end of apartheid. 35,000 first printing.
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During the worst years of official racism in South Africa, the story of one young girl came to symbolize the injustice, corruption, and arbitrary nature of apartheid. Born in 1955 to a pro-apartheid white couple, Sandra Laing was officially registered and raised as a white child. But at a school for whites, she was mercilessly persecuted because of
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- PublisherMiramax Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0786868988
- ISBN 13 9780786868988
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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