![]() ![]() ![]() The extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career, Caucasia is a modern classic, at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America. Haunted by the loss of her sister, she sets out a desperate search for the family that left her behind. But for Birdie, home will always be Cole. Sennas first novel, Caucasia (1998), received the Book of the Month Clubs Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and won the Alex Award from the American Library Association. Soon Birdie and her mother are on the road as well, drifting across the country in search of a new home. One night Birdie watches her father and his new girlfriend drive away with Cole. Despite their differences, Cole is Birdie’s confidant, her protector, the mirror by which she understands herself. The dilemma is that the two sisters are of. The sisters are so close that they speak their own language, yet Birdie, with her light skin and straight hair, is often mistaken for white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at school. The novel is about two sisters Birdie and Cole who are the children of a biracial couple Sandy and Deck. The extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna’s literary career, Caucasia is a modern classic, at once a powerful coming of age story and a groundbreaking work on identity and race in America. Synopsis: Look out for Danzy Senna's latest book, New People, on sale in August!īirdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston. ![]()
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