Much of this highly praised autobiography is about her adolescence, a troubled time for most and especially troubled for a confused girl. Fortunately, for herself and for her readers, Rebecca is a thoughtful, intelligent young woman and an accomplished writer. She went from black/minority working-class neighborhoods to lily-white, middle-class communities, confused about her identity and where she belonged. For years, she spent two years with one parent in San Francisco and then two years with the other parent in New York. While Rebecca was still quite young, she wended her way between her mother's African American, bohemian culture and her father's Jewish suburban existence. Their marriage was a political statement as well as a love story. She is also the daughter of a Jewish lawyer, a white man, who met Alice Walker when the two were part of the Civil Rights Movement in the South in the 1960s. Rebecca Walker is the daughter of the author Alice Walker. Black, white and Jewish autobiography of a shifting self. Black, white and Jewish autobiography of a shifting self." Retrieved from Black, white and Jewish autobiography of a shifting self." The Free Library.
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