Black Ice
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679737456 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Publishers Weekly Cary, a black woman, recounts her challenging years as student and teacher at an elite prep school. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Author tour
In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin. Black
"Black Ice is a thoughtful and poignant memoir" according to Amazon Customer. I read it years ago and bought it to give to someone else. It was particularly poignant to me since I also attended a boarding school.. MJS said Beautifully written but. Beautifully written but, for this reader, ultimately unsatisfying, look at a black girl's years at a prestigious prep school in New Hampshire. Lorene Cary leaves a middle class life in Philadelphia in her HS sophomore year to attend St. Paul High School, circa 197"Beautifully written but" according to MJS. Beautifully written but, for this reader, ultimately unsatisfying, look at a black girl's years at a prestigious prep school in New Hampshire. Lorene Cary leaves a middle class life in Philadelphia in her HS sophomore year to attend St. Paul High School, circa 1972. While she feels some degree. . While she feels some degree. tiffwi said Good Subject for a Memoir, but Fails to Explore Deep Enough. I wanted to like this book. I really did. I had heard Lorene Cary speak at a conference, and she was incredibly inspiring. The way she spoke, she sounded like an amazing writer, and so I was excited to pick up this book, the first work by Cary that I have had a chance to read. It simply did no