Gail Lumet Buckley is a distinguished author whose work delves into rich family histories and the tapestry of African American culture. Her writing explores the complexities of identity and legacy, often infused with a personal perspective drawn from her own background. Buckley employs a keen and insightful style, illuminating social nuances and human relationships. Through her narratives, she offers readers a compelling look at American history as experienced by those who shaped it.
(Applause Books). An inspired, intimate history of musical legend Lena Horne and her family, written by Lena's daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley. More than a loving biography of a true show business legend, Lumet Buckley traces Lena's, as well as her own, roots as the latest in a long family line of America's Black elite.