The Grace of Silence: A Memoir
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780307378767
Description: The cohost of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" set out, through original reporting, to write a book about "the hidden conversation on race" that is going on in this country. Along the way she unearthed painful family secrets that compelled her to question her own self-understanding; she traveled extensively to explore her own complex racial legacy. Her exploration is informed by hundreds of interviews with ordinary Americans and their observations about evolving attitudes toward race in America.