In 1970 New Orleans, Dr. Simone Baptiste begins every morning by making herself look white.
It is the price she has chosen to pay for a surgical career in a medical system that would close its doors if it saw her clearly. Precision is her armor; respectability is survival. But the mask becomes harder to hold when the patients she protects, the people of Tremé, and a wounded stranger named Zeke pull her toward the Black Creole history she has spent years keeping at a careful distance.
As hospital politics, public ambition, rootwork, and family memory begin to converge, Simone must decide how much of herself she can erase before the life she built stops being hers.
The Color of Lies is an African American historical novel about medicine, passing, Black Creole identity, ancestral knowledge, and the dangerous distance between being accepted and being known.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In 1970 New Orleans, Dr. Simone Baptiste begins every morning by making herself look white.It is the price she has chosen to pay for a surgical career in a medical system that would close its doors if it saw her clearly. Precision is her armor; respectability is survival. But the mask becomes harder to hold when the patients she protects, the people of Treme, and a wounded stranger named Zeke pull her toward the Black Creole history she has spent years keeping at a careful distance.As hospital politics, public ambition, rootwork, and family memory begin to converge, Simone must decide how much of herself she can erase before the life she built stops being hers.The Color of Lies is an African American historical novel about medicine, passing, Black Creole identity, ancestral knowledge, and the dangerous distance between being accepted and being known. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798181761841
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Crossroads Legacy follows Dr. Simone Baptiste, a Black Creole surgeon in 1970s New Orleans who has spent years passing as white to survive in medicine and society. When she becomes entangled with a rootworker named Zeke and a web of murder, forced sterilization, and spiritual inheritance, she must choose between the false safety of her old life and the truth of her identity, family, and power. The story blends historical fantasy, Southern gothic atmosphere, romance, and mystery, while centering themes of identity, ancestral memory, racial passing, and the cost of secrecy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798181761841
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 1970 New Orleans, Dr. Simone Baptiste begins every morning by making herself look white.It is the price she has chosen to pay for a surgical career in a medical system that would close its doors if it saw her clearly. Precision is her armor; respectability is survival. But the mask becomes harder to hold when the patients she protects, the people of Tremé, and a wounded stranger named Zeke pull her toward the Black Creole history she has spent years keeping at a careful distance.As hospital politics, public ambition, rootwork, and family memory begin to converge, Simone must decide how much of herself she can erase before the life she built stops being hers.The Color of Lies is an African American historical novel about medicine, passing, Black Creole identity, ancestral knowledge, and the dangerous distance between being accepted and being known. Seller Inventory # 9798181761841
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