Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are
- ISBN-10
- 1891620991
- ISBN-13
- 9781891620997
- Series
- Passing
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-09-17
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Author
- Brooke Kroeger
Description
In Passing we learn that there are still too many institutions, environments, and social situations that force honorable people to twist their lives into painful, deceit-ridden contortions for reasons that do not hold."--BOOK JACKET.
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