Where Beauty Survived: A Memoir of Race, Family Secrets, and Africadia

by George Elliott Clarke

"Powerful." --Toronto Star

A vibrant, revealing memoir about the cultural and familial pressures that shaped George Elliott Clarke's early life in the Black Canadian community that he calls Africadia, centred in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

As a boy, George Elliott Clarke knew that a great deal was expected from him and his two brothers. The descendant of a highly accomplished lineage on his paternal side--great-grandson to William...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345812298
• ISBN13: 9780345812292
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"