From Caucasia, with Love

NOTHING IN LIFE IS EVER JUST BLACK AND WHITE ... Danzy Senna writes about race, family and coming-of-age with searing intelligence and wit - she combines the emotional depth of Toni Morrison with the charm and spirit of Esther Freud. 'An impressive, subtle brilliant book' MARIE CLAIRE

Growing up in 1970s America, Birdie and her older sister Cole are daughters of a white activist mother and a black academic father. Yet when their parents separate, they are thrown worlds apart. But Birdie's need to reclaim her family forces her back on to the road, where her search for her sister becomes, inevitably, a search for her self.Growing up amidst the power politics of 1970s America, Birdie and her older sister Cole are so close they speak their own language. Daughters of a white activist mother and a black academic father, Birdie appears white, Cole black, their relationship a refuge from the rest of their lives. Yet when their parents separate, Birdie and Cole are thrown worlds apart. But Birdie's desperate need to reclaim her family forces her back on to the road, where her search for her sister becomes, inevitably, a search for her self. 'Twists serious issues - race, politics, identity, social and familial responsibility - around the structure of a compelling storyline ...an intelligent, questioning book that sparks with ideas' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY