cover image Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone

Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone

Njeri Itabari, Itabari Njeri. Vintage Books USA, $12 (245pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73242-6

Njeri describes growing up in 1950s Brooklyn and Harlem among African-American and West Indian kin and recalls the bigotry she faced when investigating her grandfather's death in an automobile accident involving a white driver. ``She is at her best reminding us of the harm done by racism and the harmony to be hoped for in mutually respectful society,'' PW commented. (Feb.)