Helga's mother is white, and her father is black - and absent. Ostracized throug
hout her lonely childhood for her dark skin, Helga spends her adult life seeking
acceptance. Everywhere she goes - the American South, Harlem, even Denmark--she
feels oppressed. Socially, economically, and psychologically, Helga struggles a
gainst the "quicksand" of classism, racism, and sexism.
