An old book about a black maid who has a half breeded daughter and she grows up to resent her mom and herself.

The black mother works as a maid for a white women with a daughter. The half breeded daughter resents her skin color and becomes deviant. Her mother refuses to give up on her and tries to help her. In the end, the mother dies and the daughter finds herself crying to her mother and asking for forgiveness for her behavior.

An old book about a black maid who has a half breeded daughter and she grows up to resent her mom and herself.
I don't know about a book, but that's the EXACT story line of "Imitation of Life", which is a movie that had..... oh god, I think it was Sandra Dee and.... can't remember the rest. And yes, I just yahooed it and it is also a novel by the same name. There were two film versions, one in 1934, the other in 1959, with Lana Turner.


This link has copies for sale on DVD of the 1959 version.





The title of the novel is "Imitation of Life" by Fannie Hurst.





http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000071...
Reply:oh I know it can't think of the name....@find her mister steve find her..' It will come to me.
Reply:There's a movie like that called "Sparkle".


I have no idea if the movie was based on a book, Irene Cara starred in the movie. I think it was in the late 1970's.
Reply:I don't know, but it must be good... remember the character names? I'm a good hunter, maybe I can search it for you... ~^_^~
Reply:I'm pretty sure that's the book called Pinky. It was also made into a movie in 1949...pretty progressive for that time, eh? Funny that this question should pop up...I just saw an interview with Jeanne Crain, the actress who played Pinky last weekend on TV.
Reply:it was made into a movie, a great tear jerker movie, Ill try to find the name of it !
Reply:There were 2 old movies out with that story line.They were very touching.I didnt know it was a book.Id love to know the title of it.

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