Passing
by Nella Larsen
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 3/5, Mental Health 3/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 2/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
"Absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable." — Alice Walker "A work so fine, sensitive, and distinguished that it rises above race categories and becomes that rare object, a good novel." — The Saturday Review of LiteratureMarried to a successful physician and prominently ensconced in Harlem's vibrant society of the 1920s, Irene Redfield leads a charmed existence-until she is shaken out of it by a chance encounter with a childhood friend who has been "passing for white.