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Praise for Mostly White

“Alison Hart’s debut novel, Mostly White, spans five generations and about one hundred years in a family with American Indian, African American, and Irish roots. It is a uniquely American story showing how people from the cultures and traditions of three continents found themselves together in the North American wilderness, sometimes in conflict and misunderstanding but other times in cooperation and love. Their mixed-race descendants are ordinary yet courageous people who survive against the terrible odds imposed by racism and poverty to pass both sorrow and inner strength down to their children and grandchildren. Hart has written a great American epic, which should be read and discussed for many generations to come.”

—Lucille Lang Day, author of Married at Fourteen and Becoming an Ancestor

“In a world clamoring for diverse voices and characters in whom readers can see themselves, as well as learn about people different from themselves, Alison Hart’s Mostly White is a beacon. Through the story of four generations of women, from a mixed-race Native and African American family, our eyes and hearts are opened to a world we may not know, but should.”

—Andrew Weiner, Abrams Books

“The trickle-down effect of genocidal practices and values—many of you have forgotten but our souls bear the costs of your purposely lost memories. Here are some of those soul stories … read and weep for us all. Thank you, Alison, for remembering the ancestors.”

—Abby Abinanti, Yurok, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribal Court

“There is a genius of the heart, as well as the mind, and this book gives profound evidence that the author possesses both in abundance … Ms. Hart is not only keeping the faith, but she is passing it on to anyone who shares the epic heart-rending and soul-lifting experience of this book … a stunning achievement.”

—Roberta Lee Tennant, Falcon Books

“The immediate trust and bond of spirit meets the eruption of soul-searching prose, poetry, and the history of us all! Powerful and dangerous because these women are so real!”

—Jerry Thompson, co-editor of Oakland Noir and Berkeley Noir, and co-owner of Owl & Company Bookshop, Oakland, CA