Written in the Sky: Lessons of a Southern Daughter

"A powerful, often heart-wrenching collection of essays tackling the history of the American South." —Kirkus Reviews

In Written in the Sky: Lessons of a Southern Daughter, Patricia Foster presents a double portrait of place and family, a book of deeply personal essays that interrogate the legacy of racial tensions in the South, the constriction of caste and gender, and the ways race, class, and white privilege are entwined in her family story. After interviewing girls at Booker T. Washingt...