The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir

by Kristal Brent Zook

At five years old, Kristal Brent Zook sat on the steps of a Venice Beach, California, motel trying to make sense of her white father's abandonment, which left her feeling unworthy of a man's love and of white protection. Raised by her working-class African American mother and grandmother, Zook was taught not to count on anyone, especially men. Men leave. Men disappoint. In adulthood she became a feminist, activist, and "race woman" journalist in New...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478017198
• ISBN13: 9781478017196
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"