Black Ice: A Memoir

Black Ice: A Memoir

In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders.Â Â Like any good student, she was determined to succeed.Â Â But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out.Â Â This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin.Â Â Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman's adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, "a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intellignet passion, and joyous love."
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 1992-02-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679737452

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