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“An insightful, elegant rendering of how the history of an
American family illuminates the history of our country.” –Toni
Morrison
“Exquisite. . . [A] rich account of family history.” –Seattle
Times
“Powerful and heartbreaking. . . . [Norris] explores race within
her family history while tracing its complex legacy in the United
States.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“A riveting, inspiring memoir of an at once singular and
representative American family. Norris takes us on a painful yet
triumphant journey of self-discovery. . . . Powerful and tender,
The Grace of Silence reveals our human complexity in
exemplary fashion.” –Henry Louis Gates, Jr., University Professor
and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University,
and author of Colored People
“A deeply personal reflection on what her parents and grandparents
did and did not tell her about her history and identity as a black
woman. . . . A fresh and candid reflection on this most important
conversation.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Gracefully written and carefully researched, it offers up
long-buried family secrets as a testimony to racism’s power and
reach.” —Los Angeles Times
“A powerful plea to readers to doggedly pursue their families’
story lines. She reminds us that speaking candidly about race in
America starts not at the president’s teleprompter but at our own
dinner tables.” —The Washington Post
“An open and honest examination of race relations in her family’s
and the country’s past.” —Chicago Tribune
“Jaw-dropping. Can’t put down. . . . Riveting. . . . [Norris] uses
her signature calm and steady voice to open up about her
complicated relatives.” —Essence
“A revealing, affectionate and sometimes painful memoir which
dispenses with stereotype to get to the heart of what makes a
family.” —Gwen Ifill, Moderator, “Washington Week,” PBS
“With learned candor, [Norris] describes the corrosive effect of
family stories left untold. . . . We may not hear those stories
until we ask for them. But some things simply must be said.”
—Ms.
“Revelatory, heart-piercing.” —The Baltimore Sun
“In the hands of a gifted storyteller, a memoir becomes more than a
chronicle of the writer’s life. It becomes the history of a time
and a place. So it is with this magnificent memoir—one of the most
eloquent, moving and insightful memoirs I have ever read.”
—Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author
of the New York Times bestseller Team of
Rivals
“Letter-perfect, beguiling. . . . Powerful. . . . Her well rounded
view of the world demonstrates wisdom given by her strong,
intelligent mother and her hard-working, proud father.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal
“Michele Norris takes us on a riveting personal journey from north
to south and back again through the tangled landscape of race in
America—and teaches anew about the pain and possibilities of our
past and future.” —Tom Brokaw, author of New York Times
bestsellers The Greatest Generation and Boom
A profoundly moving and deeply personal memoir by the co-host of
National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things
Considered.
While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding
throughout America in the wake of President Obama’s election,
Michele Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within
her own family that had been willfully withheld. These
revelations—from her father’s shooting by a Birmingham police
officer to her maternal grandmother’s job as an itinerant Aunt
Jemima in the Midwest—inspired a bracing journey into her family’s
past, from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots
in the Deep South.
The result is a rich and extraordinary family memoir—filled with
stories that elegantly explore the power of silence and
secrets—that boldly examines racial legacy and what it means to be
an American.
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