{"product_id":"say-im-dead-e-dolores-johnson-9781641602747","title":"Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love","description":"\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Dolores Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1641602740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641602747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Hill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 12","brand":"E. Dolores Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042742169855,"sku":"9781641602747","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00d0ebc0-5be7-40b9-9aa4-654b3991b3d5.jpg?v=1684963267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/say-im-dead-e-dolores-johnson-9781641602747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}