Black Ice A Memoir
Black Ice A Memoir by Lorene Cary, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on February 4, 1992, is a reprint edition comprising 256 pages. This memoir recounts Cary’s experiences as a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia who navigates the challenges of attending the elite St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, a previously all-white, all-male environment. As a scholarship student, Cary strives for success while grappling with the complexities of her identity and the expectations placed upon her.
In this candid narrative, Cary explores the dual pressures of academic achievement and cultural identity, detailing how both failing calculus and winning a student election could be seen as betrayals of her heritage. The memoir provides insights into the struggles of adolescence, particularly for women, and reflects on the broader themes of personal growth and self-discovery. Readers will find a thoughtful examination of cultural and regional dynamics, as well as the personal challenges faced by a young woman in a transformative period of her life.
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In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a “boot camp” for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one’s skin. Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman’s adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, “a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intellignet passion, and joyous love.”
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