June Cross

Award winning journalist and television producer, June Cross won an Emmy for her documentary “Secret Daughter”. Her memoir, Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away examines how race and color affected her family and childhood

“Cross wonderfully recaptures  a child’s bewilderment..deeply moving..”

- People

“The most extraordinary thing about this book..knows how to make her material sting. The result is a powerful testament to this country's obsession with race and the foolishness this preoccupation creates”

- Chicago Tribune

“A tale of betrayal as well as love – a stirring memoir, which has required both mother and daughter to be as bravely honest as they could manage.”

- NY Times