Thicker Than Blood

Andrea Barton is single but wants a child. When an infant is abandoned at a church on the north side of Chicago, Andrea first becomes a foster mother and then adopts her. Andrea believes that love and her experience as a social worker will see her through the challenges of raising an African-American child in a white world. During Pearl's childhood, Andrea is able to protect her daughter from many of society's blows. But when teenaged Pearl starts to seek her own identity, their relationshi...