When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided By Race

Five Stars

Excellent.

A FAMILY DIVIDED BY RACE

This is the bitter sweet story of a young South African girl during apartheid, who was born to a white couple but was not accepted/treated as white after she turned 11 and was kicked out of the all white boarding school she attended because her skin tone made her appear to be colored.

BETTER THEN THE MOVIE

I MADE THE PURCHASE AFTER I WATCHED THE MOVIE.

Great Buy

It arrived in great condition and was a great price.

Lost points because of the extremely poor editing

I came to the book because I watched the movie Skin with my sister.

good read

Recommend it as a read especially a quick read for a teen or started reader.

don't miss

This story is colossal--both in its exploration of what race really is, and how memory functions under duress.

slow start

Good book once you get past all of the facts.

Great book

This was a great book!

Race is skin deep, irresponsibility goes to the bone

I found Judith Stone's book on Sandra Laing wonderful as a chronicle of the history of race in South Africa.