A heartfelt novel about motherhood, adoption, and race as a white mother navigates raising a black son.
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A heartfelt novel about motherhood, adoption, and race as a white mother navigates raising a black son.
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"That Kind of Mother dives deep into big questions about parenthood, adoption, and race: Is mothering something learned, or that you're born to? How far can good intentions stretch? And most of all, can love can really overcome the boundaries of race and class? With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam's second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking."--Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere ... From the celebrated author of Rich and Pretty, a novel ...
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Central themes of race, privilege, and class disparities in motherhood and adoption.
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Depicts systemic racial inequality and its emotional impact on characters.
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