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Bliss broyard biography of rory
One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life A Story of Race and Family Secrets
In
late , as famed literary critic Anatole Broyard lay dying of
prostate cancer, he longed to unburden himself to his two children,
Todd and Bliss.
As he slipped into a coma, his wife Sandy
ultimately had to tell her children the long-hidden truth that
their father was black. Anatole was the respected literary critic
for The New York Times and The New York Times Book
Review after that.
His exploits during his bohemian bachelor
days in Greenwich Village were the subject of his posthumously
published memoir, KAFKA WAS THE RAGE.
After her father’s death, Bliss reflected back on her life
with her family.
She was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and then
the family moved to Southport, a ritzy enclave in Fairfield County,
the richest part of the richest state in the country. The local
yacht club turned down recent applicants Phil Donahue and Marlo
Thomas, but Bliss and her family were quickly admitted