[.ca] Caucasia A Novel (ISBN 1573227161)

From Amazon.com:
A young girl learns some difficult lessons in Danzy Senna's debut novel Caucasia. Growing up in a biracial family in 1970s Boston, Birdie has seen her family disintegrate due to the increasing racial tensions. Her father and older sister move to Brazil, where they hope to find true racial equality, while Birdie and her mother drift through the country, eventually adopting new identities (Sheila and Jesse Goldman) and settling in a small New Hampshire town. Birdie/Jesse tries to find her niche in this new world of eye shadow and gossip and boys, but she also wants to remain true to herself and find a common ground between her white and black heritage. She sets out to find her sister and reconnect with that part of her that has been lost for so long; the search takes her far from the settled, safe life she had in New Hampshire to a far more ambiguous, and unsettled, existence, one in which her own definitions of herself become muddled, and her search for her sister leads ultimately to a search for her own true identity.

Great Book:
I took this book along with me on spring break and I could not put it down! The story is amazing and everyone in the book jumps to life. I was sad when the book ended because I wanted to get to know more about everyone's lives. I feel this book is essential reading!! The story is very compelling. I wont give anything away but trust me this story is THAT good!

Great Book:
I have never read a book that has needed so much understanding of a subject or made me think hard about society as Caucasia. The author, Danzy Senna, portrays the racial tensions of the 1950's and 60's in 1970's Boston. Birdie and her sister Cole are the result of a biracial marriage. The racial tensions of their time eventually tear the family apart. The girls' mother Sandy must flee with Birdie and go into hiding while Cole will go with her father and search for racial equality. This book is a page turner, I couldn't put it down. It always left me with a earning for what was to come.

Good:
I loved it. Was great and wonderfully written. I suggest to any one who enjoys to read.

Caucasia:
This fiction book is a great choice for anyone who is looking for a good read. I really enjoyed this book because Birdie Lee (the main character) is trying to find a place where she belongs and she has to pretend to be someone that she's not. She and her older sister Cole got split up because of their parents. Birdie went with her crazy white mom and Cole went with their black father, whom Cole resembles but Birdie does not.

Black or White?:
From page one Birdie and Cole grabbed my attention and kept me reading long after I planned to turn the light out. Their story set in the 1970's rings true with anyone struggling with their race. Years before mixed marriages became acceptable, Birdie is stuck between two worlds and is force to pretend to be something she does not feel she is. I highly reccomend this novel, and give it 5 stars; confident every reader will enjoy the story!