Open House - Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own (Paperback, 1st Picador ed)

A warm and seductive meditation on the personal and political from a renowned columnist and "one of the great theorists of race and law" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.).
With her trademark wit and insight, Patricia Williams relates stories from the many facets of her life--as a lawyer, scholar, writer, African-American, descendant of slaves, mother, and single, fifty-something woman--always aware of the ironies inherent in situations where her many identities don't conform to societal expectations. "The Open House" of Williams's imagination takes us on a funny, often provocative, and entertaining journey which includes Oprah, Williams's Aunt Mary who passed as white, her Best White Friend, and tips on how to eat a watermelon without fear of racial judgment.

General

Imprint:	Picador USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	November 2005
Authors:	Patricia J Williams
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
Edition:	1st Picador ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42459-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-312-42459-0
Barcode:	9780312424596

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