“Finally, the story we´ve been waiting for, delivered in page turning, finely tuned prose by one of my favorite writers.” – E. Lynn Harris, New York Times bestselling author.
Passing for Black is out! Click here to buy it or pick up a copy at your local bookstore.
Named one of Essence Magazine´s “10 Summer Sizzlers” and featured as an Ebony “hot pick,” Passing for Black is already receiving enthusiastic reviews. The New York Amsterdam News called the novel “an entertaining, riveting read,” and the Philadelphia Gay News reviewer described Passing for Black as “quick, fun and enjoyable as it explores Angela´s quest for her identity – being black, female and gay.”
Passing for Black
Synopsis
Published by Kensington Books, “Passing for Black” is set in the volatile minefield where race and sexual identity collide. It is a sexy, fast-paced urban novel about Angela Wright, a young black magazine writer who throws her orderly life into chaos when she begins a passionate affair with a woman.And not just any woman: Her undercover lover, Professor Caitlin Getty, is the provocative Humanities Department nemesis of Angela’s fiancé, Keith Redfield, a university professor of African-American studies.
Boldly probing issues of race, desire, sexuality, family, friendship, religion—and hair—through seductive storytelling and witty observation, “Passing for Black” follows Angela as she zigzags between two worlds, but somehow finds a place to be herself.
Excerpt
“My hands were shaking as I pushed Cait’s buzzer. What was I doing? Coming to this woman’s house for what was obviously a booty call. Lying to Keith. I should turn around and take my confused self right out of Brooklyn and back home, to Harlem, to my fiancé, where I belonged. But I knew I wasn’t going to. I wanted to be with Cait so badly it hurt. Real physical pain, shooting through the muscles on either side of my groin. I felt pulled to her by some crazy need I had only suspected I had.”Copyright ©2007 Linda Villarosa
From “Passing,” by Nella Larsen