{"product_id":"what-mama-couldnt-tell-us-brenda-richardson-9780060930790","title":"What Mama Couldn't Tell Us about Love: Healing the Emotional Legacy of Racism by Celebrating Our Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wonderful gift to Black women. . . . Richardson and Wade, with pens dipped in abundant love, gracefully advise us as to the lessons of the past we must embrace and those we must discard, if we are to achieve true self-empowerment and emotional liberation.\" -- Darlene Clark Hine, Ph.D., coauthor of \u003cem\u003eA Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative rethinking of the African American woman's experience, Brenda Lane Richardson and Dr. Brenda Wade ask their Black American sisters to consider this question: \"What lessons about love and intimacy were passed down from your foremothers to you?\" By exploring the emotional legacy shared by all African American women whose ancestors were enslaved, the authors examine the impact of this history on romantic relationships between today's Black women and men--and reveal how the power of inherited beliefs can both heal and strengthen these bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkably uplifting book will show you how to move toward the emotional freedom you seek. It offers spiritual wisdom from well-known African Americans, ways of enhancing the coping skills and strengths your forebears harnessed to help them survive, and the certainty that emotional emancipation is your birthright. Mama may not have told you all this in so many words--but there is no doubt that she would want you to use the positive messages inherent in the African American experience to create a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brenda Richardson, Brenda Wade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060930799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060930790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.41w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 71","brand":"Brenda Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996685369599,"sku":"9780060930790","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c06ec4ea-2abf-486f-bb73-55e318ae3246.jpg?v=1683343101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-mama-couldnt-tell-us-brenda-richardson-9780060930790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}