{"product_id":"say-im-dead-a-family-memoir-of-race-secrets-and-love","title":"Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSay I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eE Dolores Johnson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781641602747\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLawrence Hill Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With unflinching honesty, E. Dolores Johnson shares an enthralling story of identity, independence, family, and love. This timely and beautifully written memoir ends on a complicated yet hopeful note, something we need in this time of racial strife.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of \u003ci\u003eIn West Mills \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Say I'm Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial relationships. Fearful of prison time--or lynching--for violating Indiana's antimiscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's Black father and White mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Johnson was born, social norms and her government-issued birth certificate said she was Negro, nullifying her mother's white blood in her identity. Later, as a Harvard-educated business executive feeling too far from her black roots, she searched her father's black genealogy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But in the process, Johnson suddenly realized that her mother's whole white family was--and always had been--missing. When she began to pry, her mother's 36-year-old secret spilled out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHer mother had simply vanished from Indiana, evading an FBI and police search that had ended with the conclusion that she had been the victim of foul play.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Lawrence Hill Books","offers":[{"title":"Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love | E Dolores Johnson | Hardcover | 9781641602747 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1745220","offer_id":48468615266456,"sku":"1745220","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/6107VQfX7PL.jpg?v=1773410580","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/say-im-dead-a-family-memoir-of-race-secrets-and-love","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}