Not Quite White
A MemoirNeither here, nor there; neither one, nor the other. What does it feel like to be an indescribable shade somewhere in between’ Can you even exist in a binary world that seems so black-and-white’ Why is there no easy way to describe someone who is a Welsh-French-Scottish-American-Indian-Mauritian’Laila Woozeer, a mixed-race 28-year-old London-born writer and musician, shares a personal story of growing up in a rural white village in North Wales. Laila takes readers on a funny, vivid, and profoundly moving journey of discovering one’s own identity and belonging through her travels between Mauritius, the US, and the UK, to make sense of the world and one’s place within it.
This is the real-life story of Laila Woozeer trying desperately to understand how to exist, how to survive, and what it might mean to thrive. From childhood memories of self-discovery to an identity crisis of adolescence, to a misunderstood existence in adult life, Not Quite White charts Laila’s struggle to finally find a meaningful place in the world. ISBN: 9781684352272, 1684352274
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