This is the memoir of a white woman (around my age) who grew up in the Central district of Seattle in the 70's and 80's as the only white family on her block. Her parents were divorced, her mom worked all the time so she lived with her dad. All of her dad's friends were black and they were generous enough to allow him entry into an all-black men's social club.
The author never felt like she fit in anywhere. But worse, her dad seemed not to approve of anything about her. She blamed this on the fact that he didn't consider her "black enough" -- that she wasn't "down." Her mom moved her to a school program here now called Highly Capable where she was among white people but they were all wealthy and she was poor. Her younger sister got approval from their dad when she was caught smoking in the school bathroom as a kindergartner.
There were lots of funny/sad stories of 1970's style parental neglect.. but mostly, this was the sad story of a girl who grew up feeling like she could never please her dad. I chose this for our book club but it made everyone so sad, we vowed to choose a comedy for the next book.
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