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Black Ice (Paperback)

by Lorene Cary (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books; 1st Vintage Books Ed edition (1 Jul 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679737456
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679737452
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,260,055 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An African-American woman remembers her adolescence at the formerly all-white, all-male St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, and tells of the pains she endured in order to succeed without selling out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of those books that you want to read over and over again, 31 Jul 1999
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I've read Black Ice atleast 7 times in the past 2 years because with each reading I continue to understand how my experiences at a predominantly white high school have shaped the person I have become. I can not remember the exact phrasing, but there is one passage in Black Ice that sums up how I feel about my high school experience. It goes something like this: If I had left St. Paul's School the same person who went there, there would have been no use in going. In other words, accept that you will be changed when you live through the alienation and self-inflicted loneliness of integrating schools in the Post-Jim Crow, Post Civil Rights Movement era. I wish that I would have read this book while I was still in high school. I would be able to better articulate to my friends and family what I was experiencing.

I've been wondering if the title has anything to do with the lake that Lorene visited in the story when she took the time to think about her life one night. Or maybe it is a visual reference to her heart, dark and cold because she, in her own words, had not loved enough during her teen-age years. Perhaps, it is a reference to the black ice on the roads that you have to watch out for in the winter...

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4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, 8 Jul 1999
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I read this book after my freshman year at St. Paul's School, the same school the author bases her experience, and I have to say it is a great book. Though her experience was a considerable amount of years before me, I could relate to her words. I even meet Ms. Cary and she is a wonderful woman. If you want a book that will move you this is it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, 4 Jul 1999
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This book is just spectacular. It was a class requirement, and I must say that my teacher selected a great choice. As a teenage girl, I believe that every teenage girl should be required to read a book like this one. It actually allows you to envision some of the many obstacles that yong girls face in light of growing up.
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1.0 out of 5 stars It's one of the worst books I had to read this year.
This is the most boring book that i had to read in all my life during this school year. Within our sophmore class which had to read this book no one enjoyed it, with exception of... Read more
Published on 21 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars this was one of the worst books I have ever had my hands on.
From the start of the book you basicly knew what the whole plot was and it was one of the biggest waste of my that I have ever done. Read more
Published on 19 May 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Certainly a good book, just not my type.
I have to say, Carey is a good author, but this work was slightly boring, and "cheesy". Not a book I would tell a friend to avoid, but also not one I'd tell them to... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is good
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Published on 25 Feb 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Ice
I really like this book. I hope to read more about her life. My second cousin really knows her. (Karen from the book).
Published on 29 Oct 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars an exquisite human journey--what more could you want?
Combining a quick sense of humor with a gentle sensitivity to the tragedies of adolescence, Ms. Cary allows us to accompany her as one of the first young black women admitted to... Read more
Published on 19 April 1997

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