Description: In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry introduced the lives of ordinary African Americans into our national theatrical repertory. Now, Hansberry tells her own life story in an autobiography that rings with the voice of its creator. "Brilliantly alive".--The New York Times.
Review Quotes: "Suffused with the light that was Lorraine . . . one hears that inflection of voice, the exact timbre of the laugh." --James Baldwin
"An extraordinary achievement. . . . . Brilliantly alive." --The New York Times "Inspired and inspiring. . . . A work of glowing beauty." --San Francisco Examiner "I advise anyone who is interested in the human condition, black or white, to read it." --Newsday