Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story - Brossura

Bandele, Asha

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ISBN 10: 0061710393 ISBN 13: 9780061710391

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2010

Riassunto

“asha bandele has a poignant story to share inSomething Like Beautiful. It is the love that comes through that makes this such a compelling tale.”
—Nikki Giovanni

 

Award-winning journalist, and author ofThe Prisoner’s Wife and Daughter,and performance poet featured onHBO’S Def Poetry Jam, asha bandele once again writes from the heart in her lyrical and intimate memoirSomething Like Beautiful—a moving story of love, loss, motherhood, and survival. Sharing the story of her struggles as a single black mother in New York City and her tragically self-destructive near-breakdown, asha bears her soul in a bookRebecca Walker, author of Baby Love, calls “courageous, profound, and achingly beautiful.”

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“Once again asha bandele has a poignant story to share in Something Like Beautiful. It is the love that comes through that makes this such a compelling tale.” (Nikki Giovanni, poet)

“We should all be blessed with the intellect and insight bandele brings to motherhood―the struggles, the joys, the fears, and the hope. Indeed, this is a fine portrait of what it means to be a single mom―a mom, period―in America.” (Denene Millner, Reality Check columnist, Parenting magazine)

Praise for THE PRISONER’S WIFE: “[bandele’s] writing soars with emotion. And the reader’s emotions soar as well, not because of shared experience but because her highly polished and skillful writing makes one feel her pain and joy.” (Booklist (starred review))

Praise for THE PRISONER’S WIFE: “Haunting, intense, emotional... mesmerizing and disconcerting, offering insights into why caged birds sing.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Praise for THE PRISONER’S WIFE: “asha bandele tells the story of a love that flourishes in the constricted space between freedom and captivity. This is a powerul and provocative book-- everyone should read it.” (Angela Y. Davis)

Praise for THE PRISONER’S WIFE: “The Prisoner’s Wife echoes Edwidge Danticat’s Farming of the Bones in the urgency in which it reminds us of the possibility of love even amidst the ruins. This is a terrifying, heart-breaking and, ultimately, important book.” (Junot Diaz)

L'autore:

A former features editor for Essence magazine, asha bandele is the author of two collections of poems, the award-wining memoir The Prisoner’s Wife, and the novel Daughter. She lives in Brooklyn with her daughter.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061710393
• ISBN 13: 9780061710391
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200