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Ace of Spades: A Memoir
Ace of Spades A Memoir
Author: David Matthews
A take-no-prisoners tale of growing up without knowing who you are — When David Matthews’s mother abandoned him as an infant, she left him with white skin and the rumor that he might be half Jewish. For the next twenty years, he would be torn between his actual life as a black boy in the ghetto of 1980s Baltimore and a largely imagin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805081497
ISBN-10: 0805081496
Publication Date: 2/6/2007
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book, which I read in one sitting. This is a gripping and heartbreaking memoir of growing up biracial in a very racially divided inner city Baltimore of the 1980s. David was the son of a Jewish woman and a well-known black nationalist and journalist of the civil rights movement. His mother abandoned him when he was a baby, and he was raised by his father and his father's succession of girlfriends (some affectionate, others brutally abusive to David). A personal and take-no-prisoners history of child abuse, abandonment, racial identity confusion, passing for white and living to tell the tale. 5 stars, an excellent read that will stay with you for weeks (if not longer). An excellent selection for book clubs too.
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