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<p>In her widely acclaimed, bestselling memoir, <i>The Sweeter the Juice,</i> Shirlee Taylor Haizlip asked us to redefine our concepts of race and family by examining her biracial heritage — how different gradations of dark and light skin led to a split in her mother's nuclear family, and how various relatives have been reunited many years later, some of them previously unaware of their layered racial makeup. In this eloquent, moving, and eagerly awaited continuation of her story, Haizlip pushes further into the fascinating terrain of family, race, and racial passing. Just over ten years ago, Haizlip's African American mother was reunited with her sister, who had spent her whole life passing for white; both women were in their eighties and had not seen or heard anything about each other since early childhood. Now Haizlip answers the many questions that linger from the previous book: What happened between these long-separated sisters after their reunion? What did they learn about each other, and about themselves? Is it possible to heal the wounds caused by such a rift?</p> <p>In rich, elegant prose, Haizlip contrasts her mother's fulfilling adult life with her aunt's solitary white

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Author

Shirlee Taylor Haizlip

Publisher

New York: Free Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743200530

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14