2: Author and daughter of Jackie Robinson, SHARON ROBINSON. Her new book is "Stealing Home: An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson" (Harper Collins). She grew up highly privileged in a comfortable Connecticut suburb in the 1950s. Depsite the celebrity of her father, ROBINSON was not immune to racism and was often conflicted over her father's role in the civil rights movement. The book traces ROBINSON's search for her own success and identity.
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