Come by Here My Mother's Life [Hardcover]

Lavish praise for come by here
With elegant simplicity and uncommon wisdom, Clarence Major gives us not just the truth of his mother's life but the unspoken truth behind the lie of color in the American story. A compelling narrative.
-- Rilla Askew, author, Fire in Beulah
A brilliant rendering of a rich and eventful life. With creative insight, love, and admiration, Major shows us how in family life down through the generations, race really matters.
-- Andrew Billingsley, author, Climbing Jacob's Ladder:
The Enduring Legacy of African American Families
Critical acclaim for Clarence Major
Clarence Major has a remarkable mind and the talent to match.
-- Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate
One of America's most gifted and versatile writers.
-- Library Journal

Lavish praise for come by here

With elegant simplicity and uncommon wisdom, Clarence Major gives us not just the truth of his mother's life but the unspoken truth behind the lie of color in the American story. A compelling narrative.
-- Rilla Askew, author, Fire in Beulah

A brilliant rendering of a rich and eventful life. With creative insight, love, and admiration, Major shows us how in family life down through the generations, race really matters.
-- Andrew Billingsley, author, Climbing Jacob's Ladder:
The Enduring Legacy of African American Families

Critical acclaim for Clarence Major

Clarence Major has a remarkable mind and the talent to match.
-- Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate

One of America's most gifted and versatile writers.
-- Library Journal

Using his poet's eye for detail and his novelist's ear for speech, Major (who was shortlisted for a 1999 National Book Award for configurations) mutes his voice to create his mother's memoir. With authentic plainness, Inez - who is light, not white - relates her journey to self-fulfillment through a world of demented racial complexity. In a country where a whl3æ