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Eartha and Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro [Shapiro, Kitt] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"A luminous and inspiring portrait of a Black pioneer and artistic force--Eartha Kitt--and one of the most moving mother/daughter stories in Hollywood history. In this unique combination of memoir and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest stars the world has ever seen--Eartha Kitt--as revealed by the person who knew her best: her daughter. Eartha, who was a mix of Black, Cherokee, and white, is viewed by the world as Black. Kitt, her biological daughter, is blonde and light skinned. This is the story of a young girl being raised by her mother, who happened to be one of the most famous celebrities in the world. For three decades, they traveled the world together as mother and daughter. Even after Kitt got married and started a family of her own, she and Eartha were never far from each other's sides. Eartha had a very difficult childhood growing up in extreme poverty in South Carolina. She described herself as being "just a poor cotton picker from the South." She did not have her own familial ties to lean on after being abandoned by her own mother as a toddler and having never known who her father was. She and Kitt were each other's whole world. Eartha's legacy is sti

Who reads Eartha and Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White?

Author

Kitt Shapiro [Shapiro, Kitt]

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781643137544

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Music, Biography

Updated

2026-03-24