Racial identity in American has never been just Black or White. Long before the idea of post-racial, there was Passing. In her novel, PROVENANCE (Creative Cache; $26.00; October 15, 2015), Donna Drew Sawyer explores America’s third race—Americans whose ambiguous looks allow them to pass, virtually undetected, into another racial group.
With the art world as its backdrop, PROVENANCE weaves historical fact with fiction to paint a vivid picture of race in America from the perspective of one family across three generations. It is a sweeping, complex, art infused coming-of-age story like Donna Tartt’s THE GOLDFINCH; akin to Lalita Tademy’s CANE RIVER as a family saga; its flawed yet captivating characters evoke Philip Roth’s THE HUMAN STAIN and in its haunting tale of fear and racial secrets, PROVENANCE is reminiscent of Nella Larsen’s seminal classic, PASSING. Perfect book club fiction, PROVENANCE is a page-turner that keeps readers pondering long after the final page. For additional details on the book and author click on the link below.
