L. B. (blackeyedsusan) reviewed The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
_The Skin Between Us_ by Kym Regusa is like a good Italian meal. The passages are replete with flavors and textures that make you want to linger. Ms. Regusa, the daughter of an African American mother and an ItalianAmerican father, is a visual artist whose childhood filled with books and museums deftly affect her ability to tell her tale. I found myself slowing down to take in passages; I wanted to savor them. A photographer and filmmaker, Ms. Regusa's rendering is a combination of watching a documentary and feeling full from partaking in an extended meal. This is not a feel-good book. The tension, anger, abandonment, and racism addressed here is palpable. Still there is enough of the poetic and hopeful to keep the reader going.
