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Author:
Guterl, Matthew Pratt, 1970- author. 177577
Title:
SKINFOLK : A MEMOIR / Matthew Pratt Guterl.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Liveright Publishing Corporationa division of W.W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xx, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Guterl, Matthew Pratt,--1970---Family.
Interracial adoption--United States--Case studies.
Racially mixed families--United States--Case studies.
Racially mixed families--New Jersey--Case studies.
United States--Race relations.
Case studies.
Notes:
2023/03/28
Summary:
The author narrates the saga of his parents' experiment to raise their own biological children alongside children adopted from Korea, Vietnam, and the South Bronx, relating how their best intentions proved inadequate for confronting the racism and xenophobia that added to the complexity of holding together a large family.
ISBN:
1324091711
9781324091714
LCCN:
bl2023011485
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)
XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

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