About the Book

In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders.  Like any good student, she was determined to succeed.  But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out.  This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin.  Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman's adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, "a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intellignet passion, and joyous love."

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 256 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Vintage Books USA (Feb. 28th, 1992)

ISBN-10: 0679737456

ISBN-13: 9780679737452

Dimensions: 5.22 x 8.02 x 0.58 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.46 lbs

• Categories: Cultural Heritage Biography & Cultural Heritage Autobiography