You Are Free: Stories -- Danzy Senna, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Caucasia and the forthcoming Colored Television, riveting, unexpected stories about identity under the influence of appearances, attachments, and longing.

Each of these eight remarkable stories by Danzy Senna tightrope-walks tantalizingly, sometimes frighteningly, between defined states: life with and without mates and children, the familiar if constraining reference points provided by race, class, and gender. Tensions arise between a biracial couple when their son is admitted to the private school where they'd applied on a lark. A new mother hosts an old friend, still single, and discovers how each of them pities-and envies- the other. A young woman responds to an adoptee in search of her birth mother, knowing it is not she.

Author: Danzy Senna
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 05/03/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781594485077
Age Range: 18-UP
Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011
Library Journal 04/01/2011 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2011
Essence 05/01/2011 pg. 96
New York Times Book Review 05/08/2011 pg. 17
New York Times Book Review 05/15/2011 pg. 34
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 19
BookPage 05/01/2011

About the Author
Danzy Senna is the author of five previous books, including the bestselling Caucasia and, most recently, New People. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, she teaches writing at the University of Southern California.