Phoenix Distribution Hate Race, The

<p><i>Against anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing . . .</i>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke's life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably obvious thing.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> From one of Australia's most exciting writers, and the author of the multi-award-winning&nbsp;<i>Foreign Soil&nbsp;</i>, comes<i>&nbsp;The Hate Race&nbsp;</i>: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p>