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Imitation of Life: The Next Millennium

by Claire Cullen Mack

Family, business, and justice across two eras

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Family, business, and justice across two eras

The novel brings together two women with complementary strengths—one in baking, the other in organization—as they build a prosperous business and raise Black and white families. Its description links domestic and community life with broader questions of equality and justice, setting this 21st-century story against the uncomfortable realities of 1930s America. Church gatherings, illness, loss, and a pursuit of justice are among the elements named, giving the book a wide-ranging social and family canvas.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in stories about family life and business partnerships.
  • Readers seeking fiction that engages with race, equality, and justice in an American historical context.

Themes

Family and partnershipRace and equalityJusticeCommunity lifeIllness and loss

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Book overview

One woman knows the baking business; one woman excels at organization. Together, they become rich, raising their Black and white families with love and intelligence. Equality and justice prevail-until lowlife scoundrels' step in, turning their lives upside down.

 

Through love, laughter, church ladies and gentlemen, streaking, cancer, a tear-jerking funeral, the pursuit of justice, and a white suit, Imitation of Life: The Next Millennium offers a 21st-century take on the uncomfortable realities of 1930s America.

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