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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1451627548
ISBN-13
9781451627541
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109302566
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Long Trip Home : a Family Memoir
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, Television / General, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
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Trade
LCCN
2011-002645
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eoe[a] poignant memoireWhitaker is unsparing in his account of his father's sins and the scars they inflictedebut the author filters his profile through a rich reflection and understanding. Like Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father , Whitaker's memoir is in many ways an iconic story of the poste"civil rights era, one in which transcending racial barriers liberates people to succeede"and faile"in their own peculiar ways.e e" Publishers Weekly (starred review), "A heavily detailed and highly readable account of the author's lineage…the writing comes across as honest and wholly engaging. A fascinating personal treatise on racial identity and complicated father-son dynamics ." - Kirkus Reviews, "...a thoughtful account of growing up bi-racial at a point in this country's history when racial identities are in flux and when people of mixed race are ever more common.... . For the most part Whitaker's tone is objective, almost reportorial, which permits the reader to see his story clearly rather than through the mists of hyperventilated emotion. It's a good book." - Washington Post, eoeI picked up Mark Whitaker's My Long Trip Home and I couldn't put it down. He brings his gifts as a journalist and ultimately, his deep compassion as a human, to shed light on his own unique and very moving family story. Spending time with these characters, himself included, reminded me of some of my favorite nights in the theater.e e"Anna Deavere Smith, playwright and performer, author of Fires in the Mirror, "I picked up Mark Whitaker's My Long Trip Home and I couldn't put it down. He brings his gifts as a journalist and ultimately, his deep compassion as a human, to shed light on his own unique and very moving family story. Spending time with these characters, himself included, reminded me of some of my favorite nights in the theater." --Anna Deavere Smith, playwright and performer, author of Fires in the Mirror, "Told straightforwardly, Whitaker's stories of life and work in proximity to power will appeal to government and media junkies...The parallels to another high-achieving, mixed-race public figure are hard to ignore. Whitaker's retelling of his journalistic triumphs and missteps will remind readers that the face of America's elite is changing." - Library Journal, "…a thoughtful account of growing up bi-racial at a point in this country's history when racial identities are in flux and when people of mixed race are ever more common…. . For the most part Whitaker's tone is objective, almost reportorial, which permits the reader to see his story clearly rather than through the mists of hyperventilated emotion. It's a good book." - Washington Post, "A heavily detailed and highly readable account of the author's lineage...the writing comes across as honest and wholly engaging. A fascinating personal treatise on racial identity and complicated father-son dynamics ." -- Kirkus Reviews, "...a thoughtful account of growing up bi-racial at a point in this country's history when racial identities are in flux and when people of mixed race are ever more common.... . For the most part Whitaker's tone is objective, almost reportorial, which permits the reader to see his story clearly rather than through the mists of hyperventilated emotion. It's a good book." -- Washington Post, "This is one of the most beautifully written and skillfully reported memoirs I have ever read. Searching to unlock the puzzle of his parents' lives, Whitaker writes with empathy and insight, shifting seamlessly between a child's recollection and an adult perspective. This story will capture your heart from start to finish." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, "[a] poignant memoir&Whitaker is unsparing in his account of his father's sins and the scars they inflicted&but the author filters his profile through a rich reflection and understanding. Like Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father , Whitaker's memoir is in many ways an iconic story of the postcivil rights era, one in which transcending racial barriers liberates people to succeed-and fail-in their own peculiar ways." - Publishers Weekly (starred review), "A book filled with as much family tumult as Jeannette Walls described in The Glass Castle and a racial factor to boot. . . . Mr. Whitaker . . . is well justified in thinking that his family's unusual history warrants book-length treatment. My Long Trip Home is full of remarkable stories." - The New York Times, eoeea thoughtful account of growing up bi-racial at a point in this countrye(tm)s history when racial identities are in flux and when people of mixed race are ever more commone. . For the most part Whitakere(tm)s tone is objective, almost reportorial, which permits the reader to see his story clearly rather than through the mists of hyperventilated emotion. Ite(tm)s a good book.e e" Washington Post, "A book filled with as much family tumult as Jeannette Walls described in The Glass Castle and a racial factor to boot. . . . Mr. Whitaker . . . is well justified in thinking that his family's unusual history warrants book-length treatment. My Long Trip Home is full of remarkable stories." -- The New York Times, "Mark Whitaker has given us a deeply personal, instructive and unsparing story of life in a contemporary bi-racial American family. It's all here-the love, pride, anger, confusion and achievement from a man who rose to the top ranks of American journalism." -Tom Brokaw, journalist, author of A Long Way from Home and The Greatest Generation, "Mark Whitaker has given us a deeply personal, instructive and unsparing story of life in a contemporary bi-racial American family. It's all heree"the love, pride, anger, confusion and achievement from a man who rose to the top ranks of American journalism." e"Tom Brokaw, journalist, author of A Long Way from Home and The Greatest Generation, "This is one of the most beautifully written and skillfully reported memoirs I have ever read. Searching to unlock the puzzle of his parents' lives, Whitaker writes with empathy and insight, shifting seamlessly between a child's recollection and an adult perspective. This story will capture your heart from start to finish." -Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, "[a] poignant memoir...Whitaker is unsparing in his account of his father's sins and the scars they inflicted...but the author filters his profile through a rich reflection and understanding. Like Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father , Whitaker's memoir is in many ways an iconic story of the post-civil rights era, one in which transcending racial barriers liberates people to succeed-and fail-in their own peculiar ways." - Publishers Weekly (starred review), "[a] poignant memoir…Whitaker is unsparing in his account of his father's sins and the scars they inflicted…but the author filters his profile through a rich reflection and understanding. Like Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father , Whitaker's memoir is in many ways an iconic story of the postcivil rights era, one in which transcending racial barriers liberates people to succeed-and fail-in their own peculiar ways." - Publishers Weekly (starred review), "Told straightforwardly, Whitaker's stories of life and work in proximity to power will appeal to government and media junkies...The parallels to another high-achieving, mixed-race public figure are hard to ignore. Whitaker's retelling of his journalistic triumphs and missteps will remind readers that the face of America's elite is changing." -- Library Journal, "Told straightforwardly, Whitaker's stories of life and work in proximity to power will appeal to government and media junkies…The parallels to another high-achieving, mixed-race public figure are hard to ignore. Whitaker's retelling of his journalistic triumphs and missteps will remind readers that the face of America's elite is changing." - Library Journal, "A heavily detailed and highly readable account of the author's lineage...the writing comes across as honest and wholly engaging. A fascinating personal treatise on racial identity and complicated father-son dynamics ." - Kirkus Reviews, "[a] poignant memoir...Whitaker is unsparing in his account of his father's sins and the scars they inflicted...but the author filters his profile through a rich reflection and understanding. Like Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father , Whitaker's memoir is in many ways an iconic story of the post-civil rights era, one in which transcending racial barriers liberates people to succeed--and fail--in their own peculiar ways." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), eoeTold straightforwardly, Whitaker's stories of life and work in proximity to power will appeal to government and media junkieseThe parallels to another high-achieving, mixed-race public figure are hard to ignore. Whitaker's retelling of his journalistic triumphs and missteps will remind readers that the face of America's elite is changing.e e" Library Journal, eoeA heavily detailed and highly readable account of the author's lineageethe writing comes across as honest and wholly engaging. A fascinating personal treatise on racial identity and complicated father-son dynamics .e e" Kirkus Reviews, "I picked up Mark Whitaker's My Long Trip Home and I couldn't put it down. He brings his gifts as a journalist and ultimately, his deep compassion as a human, to shed light on his own unique and very moving family story. Spending time with these characters, himself included, reminded me of some of my favorite nights in the theater." -Anna Deavere Smith, playwright and performer, author of Fires in the Mirror, eoeThis is one of the most beautifully written and skillfully reported memoirs I have ever read. Searching to unlock the puzzle of his parentse(tm) lives, Whitaker writes with empathy and insight, shifting seamlessly between a childe(tm)s recollection and an adult perspective. This story will capture your heart from start to finish.e e"Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, eoeA book filled with as much family tumult as Jeannette Walls described in The Glass Castle and a racial factor to boot. . . . Mr. Whitaker . . . is well justified in thinking that his familye(tm)s unusual history warrants book-length treatment. My Long Trip Home is full of remarkable stories.e e" The New York Times, "Mark Whitaker has given us a deeply personal, instructive and unsparing story of life in a contemporary bi-racial American family. It's all here--the love, pride, anger, confusion and achievement from a man who rose to the top ranks of American journalism." --Tom Brokaw, journalist, author of A Long Way from Home and The Greatest Generation
Synopsis
In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, an award-winning journalist sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-crossed interracial couple, and arrives at a new understanding of the family dramas that shaped their lives--and his own. In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, Mark Whitaker, award-winning journalist, sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-crossed interracial couple, and arrives at a new understanding of the family dramas that shaped their lives--and his own. His father, "Syl" Whitaker, was the charismatic grandson of slaves who grew up the child of black undertakers from Pittsburgh and went on to become a groundbreaking scholar of Africa. His mother, Jeanne Theis, was a shy World War II refugee from France whose father, a Huguenot pastor, helped hide thousands of Jews from the Nazis and Vichy police. They met in the mid-1950s, when he was a college student and she was his professor, and they carried on a secret romance for more than a year before marrying and having two boys. Eventually they split in a bitter divorce that was followed by decades of unhappiness as his mother coped with self-recrimination and depression while trying to raise her sons by herself, and his father spiraled into an alcoholic descent that destroyed his once meteoric career. Based on extensive interviews and documentary research as well as his own personal recollections and insights, My Long Trip Home is a reporter's search for the factual and emotional truth about a complicated and compelling family, a successful adult's exploration of how he rose from a turbulent childhood to a groundbreaking career, and, ultimately, a son's haunting meditation on the nature of love, loss, identity, and forgiveness.
LC Classification Number
PN4874.W475A3 2011
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