{"product_id":"more-than-i-imagined-what-a-black-man-discovered-about-the-white-mother-he-never-knew-9780593443040","title":"More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered about the White Mother He Never Knew","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning journalist tells the story of his quest to reconcile with his white mother and the family he'd never met--and how faith brought them all together.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A compelling and courageous journey that bears witness to the realities of systemic racism, the complexity of identity within that system, and the possibilities of reconciliation.\"--Robin DiAngelo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Fragility\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Blake grew up in a notorious Black neighborhood in inner-city Baltimore that became the setting for the HBO series \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e. There he became a self-described \"closeted biracial person,\" hostile toward white people while hiding the truth of his mother's race. The son of a Black man and a white woman who met when interracial marriage was still illegal, Blake knew this much about his mother: She vanished from his life not long after his birth, and her family rejected him because of his race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut at the age of seventeen, Blake had a surprise encounter that uncovered a disturbing family secret. This launched him on a quest to reconcile with his white family. His search centered on two questions: \"Where is my mother?\" and \"Where do I belong?\" \u003ci\u003eMore Than I Imagined \u003c\/i\u003eis Blake's propulsive true story about how he answered those questions with the help of an interracial church, a loving caregiver's sacrifice, and an inexplicable childhood encounter that taught him the importance of forgiveness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlake covered some of the biggest stories about race in America for twenty-five years before realizing that \"facts don't change people, relationships do.\" He owes this discovery to \"radical integration,\" which was the only way forward for him and his family--and is the only way forward for America as a multiracial democracy. \u003ci\u003eMore Than I Imagined\u003c\/i\u003e is a hopeful story for our difficult times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Convergent Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593443040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"John Blake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42761752871093,"sku":"9780593443040","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e1a8bd77-df4c-47d0-9fb5-52433d857ca4.jpg?v=1678202986","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/more-than-i-imagined-what-a-black-man-discovered-about-the-white-mother-he-never-knew-9780593443040","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}