One Drop

My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets

By: Bliss Broyard

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Paperback | 15 July 2016 | Edition Number 1

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In this acclaimed memoir, Bliss Broyard, daughter of the literary critic Anatole Broyard, examines her father's choice to hide his racial identity, and the impact of this revelation on her own life.

Two months before he died, renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard called his grown son and daughter to his side to impart a secret he had kept all their lives and most of his own: he was black. Born in the French Quarter in 1920, Anatole had begun to conceal his racial identity after his family moved to Brooklyn and his parents resorted to "passing" in order to get work. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the New York literary elite, he maintained the favŸade.

Now his daughter Bliss tries to make sense of his choices. Seeking out unknown relatives in New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans, Bliss uncovers the 250-year history of her family in America and chronicles her own evolution from privileged WASP to a woman of mixed-race ancestry.

Industry Reviews

Extraordinary....ONE DROP does a great deal to puncture the whole illusion of race - MADISON SMARTT BELL, AUTHOR OF TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE

Bliss Broyard delivers an emotional blend of family history, social history and memoir. Well-researched and beautifully written, Broyard's book is at once a trenchant exploration of the consequences of racial differences in America and a highly personal - A.M. Homes, author of This BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR Life

fascinating, insightful book...deals engrossingly with the stories of Ms Broyard and her closest relatives and the heart of "One Drop" lies with the author's father - New York TIMES

This probing and often poignant account of a daughter's search for perspective on her father's life and those it touched has so much to reveal about race in America - CHICAGO Tribune

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