Title Brown, white, black : an American family at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and religion / Nishta J. Mehra.

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New York : Picador, 2019.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY MEHRA	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	305.8 MEHRA	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	B MEHRA NISHTA M	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Biographies	B MEHRA	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	B MEHRA, N.	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Adult	B MEHRA	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	211 pages ; 22 cm
Contents	All-American ethnic girl -- Black is the color of my true love's hair -- Working the trap -- Voluntarily bald -- Wrestling with ghosts -- Cult of motherhood -- The sin of our security -- Raising Shiv -- Making space -- Pretending to be white -- (Not) passing -- This is what a family looks like.
Summary	Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms.
Subject	Mehra, Nishta.
	Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.
	Racially mixed families -- United States -- Biography.
	Interfaith families -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- Race relations.
	Interfaith families. (OCoLC)fst00976211
	Lesbian mothers. (OCoLC)fst00996491
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racially mixed families. (OCoLC)fst01896542
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS.
	LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Autobiographies.
Added Author	Mehra, Nishta. All-American ethnic girl.
	Mehra, Nishta. Black is the color of my true love's hair.
	Mehra, Nishta. Working the trap.
	Mehra, Nishta. Voluntarily bald.
	Mehra, Nishta. Wrestling with ghosts.
	Mehra, Nishta. Cult of motherhood.
	Mehra, Nishta. Sin of our security.
	Mehra, Nishta. Raising Shiv.
	Mehra, Nishta. Making space.
	Mehra, Nishta. Pretending to be white.
Added Title	Essays. Selections
ISBN	9781250133557 (hardcover)
	1250133556 (hardcover)

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