Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself.
Quicksand , Nella Larse.
Moving to Harlem and eventually to Denmark, she attempts to carve out a comfortable life and place for herself, but ends up back where she started, choosing emotional freedom that quickly translates into a narrow existence.
As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different.
Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself