Half a Heart

Rosellen Brown, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 1, 2000

In this unforgettable novel about race and motherhood from the bestselling author of “Before and After, ” Miriam Vener’s life is suddenly shattered with the appearance, after almost 18 years, of Ronnee, her biracial daughter. Raised by her father, Ronnee wrestles with her fury at her mother’s mysterious disappearance from her life in this story of estrangement, intimacy, and identity.