"What a fine and complex book this is! Barbara Katz Rothman takes us, with lucidity and (often brave) good humor, through the tangle of pains and satisfactions that come with her family's challenge to the racial status quo. Weaving a Family is not a how-to book, nor is it solely one humane and self-aware woman's confession. What she has given us-of use to anyone who must cope with the wearying perception of 'otherness'-is a candid and moving reminder that though love may conquer much, it does not easily conquer all." "A bold and passionate autobiographical account of a white mother raising her adopted black daughter. Rothman is a loving mother and also a fine sociologist. The blend of these gives us a highly important, honest and insightful book. A must read." "A revealing personal account which combines sound sociological knowledge and current data with a first hand, intimate portrayal of multiracial family life. For families contemplating transracial adoption, or interracially adoptive families, this book should be read." "Weaving a Family makes a remarkably original contribution to the literature on race and adoption. Writing as a mother and a sociologist, Barbara Katz Rothman provides insightful, urgent lessons on mothering children in a racist world. Grounded in racial reality, including the disturbing history of whites raising black children, while refuting the myth of biological races, Weaving a Family is ultimately hopeful about the possibility of building just and loving relationships across racial borders." "Katz Rothman reveals race to be a house of mirrors with its dizzying interruptions and distortions, reflections and reflexes. The strength of this book lies in its unflagging attention to nuance and its reliance on lived experience."