Centered on two biracial sisters Birdie and Cole, of a black father and a white mother. Both intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970s Boston.

With Birdie who can pass as white, while Cole is dark enough to fit in with the other kids at the Afrocentric school they attend. To the outside world, they can’t be sisters. Click to see full thoughts https://signediza.com/?p=271

It starts pretty well and engaging with medium pacing. Then it becomes boring at some point (probably because I wanted the journey to keep going with no diversions). But it did pick up again and became an incredible adventure.

The parenting was no doubt terrible. We can see the neglect (emotional neglect) and sometimes physical neglect too. Their continuous activism and pursuit of intellectual ideas/theories made them forget the needs of the girls. They became so self-absorbed, and that made me pissed and sad for the girls too. Click