Georgina Lawton

The author was raised in a sleepy English suburb, where her parents were white, her friends were white, and there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark curly hair frequently make her a target of prejudice. After her father's death she began to search for the truth about her parentage, and the racial identity she had been denied. She fled the UK and lived in Black communities around the world:...