One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life: A Story of Race and Family Secrets by Bliss Broyard (2007) Inscribed by the author

One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets
by Bliss Broyard

Little Brown and Company. 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page. 514pp. A few minor bumps to the upper board edge, about Fine. The dust jacket is unclipped with light wear but no tears, about Near Fine. 

Born in the French Quarter in 1920, Anatole had begun to conceal his racial identity after his family moved to Brooklyn and his parents resorted to "passing" in order to get work. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the New York literary elite, he maintained the favßade.

Now his daughter Bliss tries to make sense of his choices. Seeking out unknown relatives in New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans, Bliss uncovers the 250-year history of her family in America and chronicles her own evolution from privileged WASP to a woman of mixed-race ancestry.