Half a Heart
Publisher
Picador
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780312278304
Pages
416 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When her biracial daughter appears suddenly after eighteen years searching for the mother who left her, former civil rights activist Miriam Vener begins a painful confrontation with her past.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Separation; Biracial; biracial child; separated parents
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
separated parents
Keywords
illegitimate children; birthmothers; women civil rights workers; mothers and daughters; teenage girls
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Brown, Rosellen, "Half a Heart" (2000). Diverse Families. 973.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/973