Traces the author's surprise discovery that his late mother had had a sister who was sent away under mysterious circumstances and never mentioned by the family again, his efforts to research his long-
A Michigan Notable Book for 2010One of the Washington Post Book World's "Best Books of 2009," MemoirBeth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret
A New York Times Editors' ChoiceWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas AwardLonglisted for the Cundill History Prize“Absorbing.… Segregation is not one story but many. Luxenberg has written his with energy, e
Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with “separate but equal,” drew remarkably little attention when the justices announced their decision on May 18, 1896. Yet it is one of the most
