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"It's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation that devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coles, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family....
2) Momma's Love
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Momma's Love is the story of a girl in need of her mother's love, something lacking from one generation to the next. The generational cycles falling onto a young mother, intensifying her own choices and hardships in life. The point of view, from the daughter's eyes, will determine whether this chain will be broken for future generations.
Khloe has always felt alone and unwanted, lonely and misunderstood by her mother and abandoned by...
3) DNA
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What can go wrong when an ambitious man accepts a promotion overseas without consulting his wife? Much more than Russell Majors anticipates. With a thriving career, a comfortable home, and two healthy sons, this new chapter is an unwelcome surprise for Amoy Majors.
A move abroad means physical exams, biometric screenings, and embassy interviews. All normal requirements or they would be, if she didn't believe, they might stir a hornet's nest.
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Konya, an African American mother of three kids, opens the door to her life for all to see. She is a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother. Her unique story is a true testimony of having a child at an early age and falling in love with the wrong men yet discovering true love in the end. Her story details her personal pain and tribulations up to the age of 58. In all, the highlights of Konya's story are the blessings God has, granted her throughout...
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Marshall's poems traverse familial mythography to investigate contemporary politics, Blackness, reproductive justice, and the stakes of race and interracial partnership, queerness, and love. With an unflinching seriousness she interrogates womanhood, meditates on race and queerness, and considers the monetary, mental, and physical costs of adopting or birthing a Black child.
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It is impossible to be perfect, let alone be a perfect parent. The realities of everyday life impact us all. No matter how much experience we have, there is no optimal way to handle every turn of your child's younger years. The independent variables of place, time, situation, family culture, and your child's personality make motherhood the ultimate "think on your feet" job.
This book is divided into four sections:
Part I: Lessen the Lesson, is devoted...
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A heartfelt narrative of one woman's struggles through poverty, inequality and teen pregnancy, “Revelation Upon My Pillows” shares the riveting journey of author Mia Tillman, the mother of eleven children. Ascending from the ashes of a devastating divorce and homelessness, Mia discovered and embraced her own message and authentic voice.
“Revelation Upon My Pillows” will aid readers to emerge from amidst their own stigmas and dehumanizing...
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In This Is How We Survive: Revolutionary Mothering, War, and Exile in the 21st-Century, Mai'a Williams shares her experiences working in conflict zones and with liberatory resistance communities as a journalist, human rights worker, and midwife in Palestine, Egypt, Chiapas, Berlin, and the U.S., while mothering her young daughter Aza.
She first went to Palestine in 2003 during the Second Intifada to support Palestinians resisting the Israeli occupation....
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