Raceless

A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year "Freshly fascinating. and she writes beautifully about questions of identity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particular place in the world." -New York Times Book ReviewFrom The Guardian's Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed--through the author's own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been raised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black.Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological dislocation caused by growing up mixed race...

Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different.