All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way
Biography, Journals and memoirs, Inspirational and family life, Self help
Summary
Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage Alaska the child of Jamaican immigrants who had little experience being black in America From her white Sunday school classes as a child to her early days of marriage in… South Africa to a new home in the American South with a husband from another land Patrice s life is a testament to the challenges and beauty of the world we each live in a world in which cultures overlap every day In All the Colors We Will See Patrice seamlessly moves across borders of space and time to create vivid portraits of how the reality of being different affects her quest to belong In this poetic and often courageous collection of essays Patrice examines the complexities of identity in our turbulent yet hopeful time of intersecting heritages As she digs beneath the layers of immigration questions and race relations Patrice also turns her voice to themes such as marriage and divorce the societal beauty standards we hold and the intricacies of living out our faith With an eloquence born of pain and longing Patrice s reflections guide us as we consider our own journeys toward belonging challenging us to wonder if the very differences dividing us might bring us together after all