num_pages: 94
description: Married to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence  until a chance encounter with a childhood friend. Clare Kendry has been "passing for white," hiding her true identity from everyone, including her racist husband. Clare and her dangerous secret pose an increasingly powerful threat to Irene's security, forcing both women to confront the hazards of public and private deception.
language: English
title: Passing
titlecomplete: Passing
characters: Hugh Wentworth, Clare Kendry, Gertrude Martin, Brian Redfield, John Bellow, Irene Redfield
genres: Fiction, African American, 20th Century, Classics, School, Race, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 59958
places: New York City, New York, New York (State), Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America, Illinois, Harlem, New York City, New York
publisher: Dover Publications