Clare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair-skinned and
ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her
African-American heritage. When she renews her acquaintance with her
childhood friend Irene, who has not hidden her origins, both women are
forced to reassess their marriages, the lies they have told - and to
confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. Nella
Larsen's intense, taut and psychologically nuanced portrayal of lives
and identities dangerously colliding established her as a leading writer
of America's Harlem Renaissance.
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