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Secret Daughter

A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away

A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away

By June Cross

By June Cross

By June Cross

By June Cross

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Apr 24, 2007 | ISBN 9780143112112

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May 18, 2006 | ISBN 9781101201695

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    About Secret Daughter

    June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James “Stump” Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of survival. It traces June’s astonishing discoveries about her mother and about her own fierce determination to thrive. This is an inspiring testimony to the endurance of love between mother and daughter, a child and her adoptive parents, and the power of community.

    About Secret Daughter

    June Cross was born in 1954 to Norma Booth, a glamorous, aspiring white actress, and James “Stump” Cross, a well-known black comedian. Sent by her mother to be raised by black friends when she was four years old and could no longer pass as white, June was plunged into the pain and confusion of a family divided by race. Secret Daughter tells her story of survival. It traces June’s astonishing discoveries about her mother and about her own fierce determination to thrive. This is an inspiring testimony to the endurance of love between mother and daughter, a child and her adoptive parents, and the power of community.

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    About June Cross

    June Cross is assistant professor of journalism at Columbia University. She has been a television producer for Frontline and the CBS Evening News and was a reporter, producer, and correspondent for PBS’s MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.

    About June Cross

    June Cross is assistant professor of journalism at Columbia University. She has been a television producer for Frontline and the CBS Evening News and was a reporter, producer, and correspondent for PBS’s MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 24, 2007 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143112112

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    May 18, 2006 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9781101201695

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    A painful, richly detailed account . . . [that reveals] astonishing truths. (Newsweek)

    Searing, revelatory à mind-boggling in its rich and complex interplay of personalities [and] social and racial pressures. (Elle)

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