{"product_id":"love-rita-bridgett-m-davis-9780063322080","title":"Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searing tribute of sisterhood and family, love and profound loss from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe World According to Fannie Davis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLove, Rita, \u003c\/em\u003eBridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister, a vivacious woman who in leaving home to attend Fisk University and then becoming a car test driver, an amateur belly dancer, an MBA, and later a popular special ed teacher, modeled for her younger sister Bridgett how to live boldly before her own life was tragically cut short by lupus when she was only forty-four. A brave and beautiful homage that both celebrates the special, complex bond of sisterhood yet also reveals what it is to live, and die, as a Black woman in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This moving memoir, full of joy and heartbreak, family history and American history, uses Rita's life as a lens to examine the persistent effects of racism in the lives of Black women--and the men they love; it is essential reading for fans of Jesmyn Ward, Kiese Laymon, James McBride, Linda Villarosa, and Tressie McMillan Cottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridgett M. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063322080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063322080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Bridgett M. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46250788552959,"sku":"9780063322080","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5399085-adf1-4a0f-849d-65ef9aee1fb6.jpg?v=1729601394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-rita-bridgett-m-davis-9780063322080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}