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	• Passin' Karen E. Quinones Miller Grand Central Publishing, 2008 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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Thought provoking

I wanted to read this book to find out in this day in age is it worth passing and would we pass if we could. This book is thought provoking and does show how one could get caught up and entangle themselves in their own lies. She wasn't honest with her self, but neither was her"husband" he wanted a white wife plain and simple. He wasn't mad because she lied to him, he was mad because she wasn't white. I won't say to much more, but this was a very interesting book.

Fair Skin

Passin' is a story of Shanika Jenson who was born fair skin and blue eyes of the African American culture. She doesn't have problem letting everyone know that she is proud of her race. A graduate of Delaware State, Shanika applies for a public relations position in New York but is turned down because she wasn't "black enough".

Never giving up she applies again under the alias of Nicole Jensen, letting everyone assume she is Caucasian. Disappointing her family back in Detroit, she wasn't about to fess up about her enthicity until she meets the man of her dreams Tyrone Bennett.

Karen E. Quinones Miller really out did herself on this novel. It reminds you of the movie "Imitation to Life". The story is thought provoking, and very real. As the saying goes "Its not always greener on the other side of the fence".

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Intresting...

This was a really good read, kept my attention all the way to the end. found the story very intresting. sounds like there might be a sequel.

Highly Recommended

This book was very interesting and I liked the way it gave the reader insight on how some whites think about blacks. If you have not purchased this book, you should. Keep up the good work.

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Shanika Ann Jenkins is the pride of her African-American family; smart, beautiful, and born with blue eyes and blonde hair. Though her grandmother and father are happy because she represents years of passing down light skin and marrying well, Shanika's mother insists on her name reflecting her African-American heritage so that she will always be proud of who she is. When Shanika gets the opportunity to work for a PR firm in New York, she finds that everyone assumes she is white; she also notices that being white has it advantages, from getting respect at work to getting picked up by a cab when other African-Americans are passed by. When she starts dating a successful white colleague, she continues with the lie, despite the guilt she feels at disappointing her mother and her heritage. When she falls for a handsome African-American business man, she must finally face who she is and what she's done, even if it means losing everything and everyone she loves.

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