In the Company of My Sisters Boyd Julia A.
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BLACKBOARD NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEARLearn to love yourself in this wise, funny, insightful pocket-sized guide--the first book by a Black psychotherapist to address…
Specifikacia In the Company of My Sisters Boyd Julia A.
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BLACKBOARD NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEARLearn to love yourself in this wise, funny, insightful pocket-sized guide--the first book by a Black psychotherapist to address the issue of self-esteem in Black women's lives.A collection of conversational narratives from a diverse range of unique voices, In the Company of My Sisters explores what it means to have self-esteem as a Black woman in the world today, confronting entrenched, internalized assumptions and offering new, empowering perspectives in their place. "I wrote this book to validate and celebrate who we are," Boyd has said. "We have been the recipients of many distorted messages about our ethnicity and our femaleness." With this thesis in mind, Boyd has drawn from a wealth of experience--her own and that of her "sister circle"--to take a hard and honest look at the