02356com a2200301 4500 609992187 TxAuBib 20221122120000.0 221122|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780142437278 14.00 0142437271 14.00 TxAuBib Larsen, Nella, 1891-1964, author. Passing [KIT] / Nella Larsen, introduction by Emily Bernard. Book Club to Go: Passing. 1 kit in bag (10 books.) Nella Larsen’s distinctive and revealing novel about racial identity set in New York in 1929. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and Alexander Skarsgård. Irene Redfield, married to a successful physician, enjoys a comfortable life in Harlem, New York. Reluctantly, she renews her friendship with old school friend, Clare Kendry. Clare, who like Irene is light skinned, ‘passes’ as white and is married to a racist white man who has no idea about Clare’s racial heritage. Even though Irene knows that reigniting her friendship with Clare will lead to trouble, she can’t resist allowing Irene into her world. Irene in turn wants to rekindle her bonds with the African American community of her youth. As tensions mount between friends and between couples, this taut and mesmerizing narrative spins towards an unexpected end. 20221122. Each book is priced individually based on its listed retail price found at the back or inside the jacket. Passing (Identity) United States Fiction. African Americans Race identity Fiction. African American women in literature. Race in literature. Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance. Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y) Fiction. Bernard, Emily, 1967-, introduction.