About the Book: Passing
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She wished to find out about this hazardous business of "passing, " this
breaking away from all that was familiar and friendly to take oneschance in
another environment...
The elegant Clare Kendry glides through New Yorkshigh-society circles with
ease, until the day she is reacquainted with her childhood friend, Irene. Clare
chooses to pass as white, hiding her African American heritage from her bigoted
husband, while Irene leads a life that embraces it. As both women observe the
other, a relationship of mutual fascination, obsession and secrets begins,