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Passing

Clare Kendry has severed all ties to her past. Elegant, fair-skinned and ambitious, she is married to a white man who is unaware of her African-American heritage.When she renews her acquaintance with her childhood friend Irene, who has not hidden her origins, both women are forced to reassess their marriages, the lies they have told – and to confront the secret fears they have buried within themselves. Nella Larsen`s intense, taut and psychologically nuanced portrayal of lives and identities dangerously colliding established her as a leading writer of America`s Harlem Renaissance.