Judy Fambrough-Billingsley · Memoir · 2019 · English
Too Brown to Keep: A Search for Love, Forgiveness and Healing follows Judy Fambrough-Billingsley’s journey from childhood in Germany and adoption in the United States to a search for the family and history from which she was separated. Her memoir brings questions of race, family, and belonging into a personal account of making sense of a life across borders.
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First-person adoptee writing is central to BGHRA’s reading list. This memoir invites readers to consider the enduring relationships and questions that follow adoption, including the work of searching and reunion.
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Visit the author’s website for more about her work. Read alongside Kinder der Befreiung and Adoption Across Race and Nation.
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