That Kind of Mother
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- Publisher Ecco
- Year published 2019
- ISBN: ISBN 978-0062667618
- Number of pages 304 pages
- WorldCat
- Topic(s) Black Maternal Health
About the Book
Book descriptionRebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently.
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