Die Farbe meines Blutes

Three women. Three generations. A fate that unites them.
Brooklyn 1969: When unmarried African-American Grace becomes pregnant, she only wants one thing: to keep her child against all conventions. But the baby is taken away from her and grows up with a young married couple. Although Rae finds out about her adoption very early on, she asks no questions. For her, Delores and Tommy are her "real" parents. However, this changes when a secret comes to light with the death of her father, forcing Rae to come to terms with her origins - and with her two mothers.

Denene Millner masterfully weaves the lives of Grace, Delores and Rae into an epic that spans generations, from the southern states in the 1960s to the American civil rights movement and today's New York. A highly topical novel about how origin, culture and the burden of history continue to shape African-American women today and about how there is no stronger power than a mother's love.