When she was white : the true story of a family divided by race /

During the worst years of official racism in South Africa, the story of one young girl came to symbolize the injustice, corruption, and arbitrary nature of apartheid. Born in 1955 to a pro-apartheid white couple, Sandra Laing was officially registered and raised as a white child. But at a school for...

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Main Author: Stone, Judith, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, [2007]
Edition:1st ed.
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