Bebe Moore Campbell discusses her novel, “What You Owe Me.” She explains that her book begins in 1948 when an African American woman befriends a European Jew. The two women go into a cosmetic business together until one betrays the other. She talks about how segregation affected woman in the 1950s. Campbell talks about the prevalence of interracial couples in Los Angeles. She describes how the second half of the book follows the children of the two women and how their families interact. Martinson asks Campbell to read a passage from the book about business partners and debt.
African American women - Fiction African American businesspeople - Fiction African American business enterprises - Fiction Mothers and daughters - Fiction Cosmetics industry - Fiction Betrayal - Fiction
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