A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year"Freshlyfascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychologicaldislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions ofidentity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particularplace in the world." -NewYork Times Book ReviewFrom The Guardian'sGeorgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed-throughthe author's own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having beenraised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger tohomogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was noreason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin anddark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina'sinsistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference oraccess to black culture, she lacked the coordinates to make sense of who shewas.Itwas only after her father's death that Georgina began to unravel the truthabout her parentage-and the racial identity that she had been denied. She fledfrom England and the turmoil of her home-life to live in black communitiesaround the globe-the US, the UK, Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Morocco-and to explore her identity and what it meant to live inand navigate the world as a black woman. She spoke with psychologists,sociologists, experts in genetic testing, and other individuals whoseexperiences of racial identity have been fraught or questioned in the hopes ofunderstanding how, exactly, we identify ourselves.Raceless isan exploration of a fundamental question: what constitutes our sense of self?Drawing on her personal experiences and the stories of others, Lawton grappleswith difficult questions about love, shame, grief, and prejudice, and revealsthe nuanced and emotional journey of forming one's identity.
A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year"Freshlyfascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychologicaldislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions ofidentity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particularplace in the world." -NewYork Times Book ReviewFrom The Guardian'sGeorgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed-throughthe author's own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having beenraised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger tohomogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was noreason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin anddark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina'sinsistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference oraccess to black culture, she lacked the coordinates to make sense of who shewas.Itwas only after her father's death that Georgina began to unravel the truthabout her parentage-and the racial identity that she had been denied. She fledfrom England and the turmoil of her home-life to live in black communitiesaround the globe-the US, the UK, Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Morocco-and to explore her identity and what it meant to live inand navigate the world as a black woman. She spoke with psychologists,sociologists, experts in genetic testing, and other individuals whoseexperiences of racial identity have been fraught or questioned in the hopes ofunderstanding how, exactly, we identify ourselves.Raceless isan exploration of a fundamental question: what constitutes our sense of self?Drawing on her personal experiences and the stories of others, Lawton grappleswith difficult questions about love, shame, grief, and prejudice, and revealsthe nuanced and emotional journey of forming one's identity.
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