Die Farbe meines Blutes

Three women. Three generations. A fate that unites them.

Brooklyn 1969: When the unmarried African American woman Grace becomes pregnant, she wants only one thing: to keep her child against all conventions. However, the baby is taken from her and raised by a young couple. Although Rae learns about her adoption at a very young age, she does not ask questions. For her, Delores and Tommy are her "real" parents. This changes when the death of her father reveals a secret that forces Rae to confront her origins - and her two mothers. Denene Millner masterfully weaves the lives of Grace, Delores, and Rae into a multi-generational epic, spanning from the Southern states in the 1960s through the American civil rights movement to present-day New York. A highly relevant novel about how heritage, culture, and the burden of history continue to shape African American women today, and about the fact that there is no greater power than a mother's love.