Separate

by Steve Luxenberg

Book Reviews

  • @skamille So I'm ignoring your stated requirements and suggesting some non-fiction - but I really enjoyed this well-written narrative history behind the Plessy v Ferguson legal case. Weaves a trio of personal histories to illustrate the US post-civil-war. https://t.co/qXJuGH65j9Link to Tweet

About Book

Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize "Absorbing.... Segregation is not one story but many. Luxenberg has written his with energy, elegance and a heart aching for a world without it."--James Goodman, The New York Times Book Review