I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556528194)

Women once saw living single as a transitional period--singles marked time till they found "the one." But now marriage is the transitional stage, connecting one unmarried period of life to another. In I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married, through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, Nika C. Beamon explores the challenges facing single black women who defy expectations. They candidly discuss aging without a man and reevaluate dating, single homeownership, career, children, and caring for aged parents. The book speaks directly to the black woman's experience, addressing challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the Baby Mama Syndrome. Written in the best tradition of women talking to women, and girlfriend to girlfriend, the book delivers tales of lessons learned, hard times and good times, told by women who found ways to achieve their dreams by defying convention.

Author: Nika C. Beamon
ISBN-10: 1556528191
ISBN-13: 9781556528194
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2009 pg. 8