Finding Grace: Two Sisters and the Search for Meaning Beyond the Color Line

by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip

The author describes the reunion between her African American mother and her aunt, who had spent her life passing for white, and describes their efforts to redefine their personal identities from both sides of the racial divide.

Genres: Biography Memoir

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 6, 2004

Reviews

[Denise Billings · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sequel, if you will, of The Sweeter The Juice. We find out what happens after the reunification of sisters who had been separated for 76 years. Separated because one grew up white and one grew up black.

The continuation of a beautiful and heart wrenching story. I especially related to the ending. To the loss of her mother. I wish I had been able to be with my mother when she took her last breath. I think that is a gift.

Ms. Haizlip, you are a good daughter.

I'm waiting patiently for In The Garden Of Our Dreams: Memoirs of a Marriage to arrive in the mail. Then my Shirlee Taylor Haizlip binge will be complete.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely should read her first book Sweet the Juice prior to reading this book.

[Jenny Diefenbach · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book!! I need to find a copy of her first book. I would really like to look into my mom’s history. Sadly I believe she had slave owning relatives.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book about two African-American sisters who could pass for white. One decides to pass for white and marries a white man. The other sister marries a black man. The sisters do not speak for decades but eventually reunite.