num_pages: 245
description: The individual's triumphs and failures over the pervasiveness of racism in U.S. society are indeliby etched into the portraits of Njeri's African-American childhood. She writes with pride about her brother, whose musical genius has propelled him to the forefront of popular music, and with sorrow about her good-looking cousin, whose membership in a street gang led to drugs and his eventual murder. She describes her mother, who, despite childhood neglect and an abusive marriage, has led a life of dignity, in contrast to her brilliant father, whose bitterness and descent into alcoholism turned Njeri's childhood into a nightmare. Her ability to particularize the universal events in every young woman's life, whether it's the search for a hairdresser or confronting the past, make this book memorable.'Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone' is a passionate account of a woman finding herself in a world filled with obstacles, from racism to a surfeit of unreliable men.
language: English
title: Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone
titlecomplete: Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone
genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 39
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: American Book Award
publisher: Vintage