Clare Kendry, who looks exactly like a white person with blonde hair, married a white man, John Bellew. Clare lives in a white community, her husband is very racist and doesn’t know the fact that Clare has black ancestry. Clare is Irene’s childhood friend, lived together in a black neighborhood, in the 1920s, they accidentally met in a hotel restaurant, since then, Clare continued to meet Irene until they became close, but Irene felt a little uncomfortable with Clare’s beauty and charm. He also really didn’t like John Bellew with his offensive remarks about race.
Without knowing her husband, Clare’s frequent visits to Harlem Street, indicate that she is unhappy with her current condition, she pretend as white for her husband, but it’s tortured her. She longs to return to the black community. Clare is the type of woman who will do anything to get what she want. But, for Irene, she don’t want to get another problem with whites, especially with John Bellew. Irene’s jelous thiking about Clare’s charm is tortured her mentally, but she still maintaining her household, even though previously it was not good because of the political situation.
The idea of passing is really iteresting, this book is so thin yet so thick with meaning. Passing deals with issues that we are still dealing with today, no matter how far we think we have come, and no matter how far we’ll go, we always longing the place where we used to belong. Without ignoring the political aspect, this novel is very good to read.
Ruang Buku Megga Rated : ✬✬✬✬ (4/5)
