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Passin'
Written by Karen E. Quinones Miller
Narrated by Sharon Washington
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Essence best-selling author and winner of the Nubian Literary Award, Karen E. Quinones Miller was also named Author of the Year by Turning Pages Book Club. Passin' introduces Shanika Ann Jenkins-a light-skinned black woman who decides to remake herself. Shanika is blonde and beautiful. But after being rejected for a job she makes an incredible choice: to use her God-given assets to become the white woman she always imagined she could be.
Author
Karen E. Quinones Miller
Karen E. Quinones Miller is the Essence bestselling author of Satin Doll, I’m Telling, Using What You Got, and Uptown Dreams. She has been nominated for the NAACP Literary Award. In addition, she is a literary consultant, CEO of Oshun Publishing Company, and a former literary agent. She lives in Philadelphia with her daughter, Camille.
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Reviews for Passin'
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I give this three and a half stars for the content and subject matter. The pace was rather slow but I kept reading it anyway to get to the bottom of what was happening in the storyline.