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'The Girl in the Yellow Poncho' explores growing up biracial and abandoned

Published January 19, 2024 at 5:40 AM PST

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We revisit Celeste Headlee’s conversation with journalist and professor Kristal Brent Zook about her memoir “The Girl in the Yellow Poncho ” from September 2023. Zook’s white father abandoned her Black mother when Zook was an infant, and she writes about her struggles with identity and abandonment.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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