The Color Line: A Novel by Igiaba Scego Books the girl's grandmother proclaims

the girl's grandmother proclaims

but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn’t understand

Rex comes home to an empty house and an absent father

You are perfect and important—you and all your gifts belong

The Color Line: A Novel by Igiaba Scego Books the girl's grandmother proclaimsInspired by true events, this gorgeous, haunting novel intertwines the lives of two Black female artists more than a century apart, both outsiders in Italy. It was the middle of the nineteenth century when Lafanu Brown audaciously decided to become an artist. In the wake of the American Civil War, life was especially tough for Black women, but she didnt let that stop her. The daughter of a Chippewa woman and an African Haitian man, Lafanu had the rare