In The Company Of My Sisters

Author : Julia A. Boyd
Publisher : Plume
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0452272467

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In the Company of My Sisters by Julia A. Boyd Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BLACKBOARD NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Learn 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 realities and issues Black women face, and in this anthology of their stories, you can discover a new and validating pathway forward toward higher self-esteem. “Practical, hilarious, and common sense advice for self-care and self-recovery.”—Common Boundary

Author : Karen Eubanks Jackson
Publisher : Brown Girls Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781944359874

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In the Company of My Sisters by Karen Eubanks Jackson Pdf

Dance as though no one is watching you Love as though you have never been hurt Sing as though no one can hear you Live as though heaven is here on earth - Anonymous For millions of women, the words "You have breast cancer" are a harsh reality. For Black women, those words hit especially hard as the mortality rate for Black women is staggering. It's a battle Karen Eubanks Jackson knows all too well. A FOUR-time breast cancer survivor, Jackson has used her triumphs, tragedies and lessons learned to inspire others. Now, she’s sharing it all in this evocative new book, In the Company of My Sisters. First diagnosed in 1993, Jackson knew little about the disease, despite the fact that she’d had a relative die from breast cancer. It was, after all, a silent shame the family kept. Determined to educate herself, Jackson devoured herself in research. And when she couldn’t find information or support specifically for Black women, she set out to fill that void, creating Sisters Network Inc., the only national survivorship-run organization designed to increase local and national attention to the devastating impact that breast cancer has in the Black community. In the Company of My Sisters is Jackson’s story. Her truth in battling the disease for 27 years. How she survived. How she succeeded and built a national sisterhood of Black breast cancer survivors. How she hopes to continue inspiring and educating others along the way. The book is filled with personal experiences and observations from Jackson as well as other survivors, this book will give insight into what shaped Jackson into a woman able to beat breast cancer – again and again and again. And with all the valuable information Jackson has accumulated over the years, the book will also serve as a one-stop resource for all your breast cancer questions. For those battling breast cancer, those walking the journey with survivors, and those who just want to educate themselves, In the Company of My Sisters will inspire you by the beauty and strength of the human spirit and why Jackson has made it her life’s mission change the course of the narrative surrounding the disease and help Black women take action to beat breast cancer.

Author : Angie Daniels
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780758281630

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In The Company Of My Sistahs by Angie Daniels Pdf

From acclaimed author Angie Daniels comes an exciting new novel that asks: Exactly how much trouble can four sexy, sassy, and stubborn women get into when they spend a week in Jamaica together? The answer: Plenty. . . For years, Lisa Miller has been living the good life--and watching her sister, Renee, and their childhood friends search for happiness of their own, usually in the form of a man. Tired of standing by while they waste their time looking for love in all the wrong places, Lisa has planned a vacation in Jamaica with them. She has some bad news to break, but she hopes her own heartache will make a difference in the lives of the women she loves. . . Renee Moore is a twice-divorced romance writer and mother of two who plans to use her time in Jamaica sipping Rum Punch, sun-bathing, and finding that perfect fling. After all, the friends have agreed: what happens in Jamaica stays in Jamaica. Attorney Nadine Hill may have it together professionally, but personally, she's a mess. Maybe because she's been fighting her true desires for too long--desires that may include an attraction to women. The daughter of a Baptist minister, Kayla Sparks dreams of marrying a man of the church. When a handsome Reverend walks into her life, she thinks he is a gift from God. . . But his wife would probably disagree. Through laughter, tears--and a few squabbles--one by one these ladies will start to look at themselves, their lives, and their futures, in a whole new way.

Author : Maggie Hartley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781409189008

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Please Don't Take My Sisters by Maggie Hartley Pdf

Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother's addiction problems and her latest violent relationship has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters. Maggie welcomes the three children into her home, and is touched by the gentle care Leo shows to the two little girls. It is clear that Lexie and Amelie adore their big brother, and rely on him for comfort and reassurance. But Leo has experienced the neglect and abuse of his mother and her partner for far longer than his sisters, and is struggling with an eating disorder and showing signs of OCD. When Social Services begin to look at adoptive families for the children, Maggie is horrified when they suggest that the two angelic little girls will have a much better chance of being adopted without their damaged older brother. Knowing the impact that losing his sisters forever will have on vulnerable Leo, they face the ultimate dilemma. Should the children stay together and dash the hope of them ever having a forever family? Or do they sacrifice the close bond between the siblings to give the girls a chance to be adopted?

Author : Gregg Andrews
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0826212409

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Insane Sisters by Gregg Andrews Pdf

"In 1903, Atlas built a plant on the border of the small community of Ilasco, located just outside Hannibal - home of the infamous cave popularized in Mark Twain's most acclaimed novels. The rich and powerful Atlas quickly appointed itself as caretaker of Twain's heritage and sought to take control of Ilasco. However, its authority was challenged in 1910 when Heinbach inherited her husband's tract of land that formed much of the unincorporated town site. On grounds that Heinbach's husband had been in the advanced stages of alcoholism when she married him the year before, some of Ilasco's political leaders and others who had ties to Atlas challenged the will, charging Heinbach with undue influence."--Jacket.

Author : Oyinkan Braithwaite
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525564201

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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Pdf

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • “A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —MARIE CLAIRE Korede’s sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola’s knife. Korede’s practicality is the sisters’ saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her “missing” boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she’s exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola’s phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she’s willing to go to protect her.

Author : Sheila Kohler
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782119999

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Once We Were Sisters by Sheila Kohler Pdf

This is the story of Maxine and Sheila Kohler, two sisters who grew up in the suffocating gentility of 1950s South Africa. When Maxine is just shy of her fortieth birthday her husband, a brilliant and respected surgeon, drives their car off the road and kills her. Devastated, Sheila returns to the country of her birth, haunted by questions. How had she failed to protect her sister? Was Maxine's death a matter of chance, or destiny? What lies in the soil of their troubled motherland that condemns its women to such violence?

Author : Kimberly Greene
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0794528996

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My Sister's a Popstar by Kimberly Greene Pdf

Guess what? My sister Danni is THE number-one, superstar pop princess--and my life's totally crazy! I can't wait for Danni's world tour to end so that we can be a family again.

Author : Julie Klam
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735216440

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The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters by Julie Klam Pdf

A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021 “It is biography as an expression of love.” – The New York Times New York Times–bestselling author Julie Klam’s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts. Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters’ parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California—a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan. The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue. The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family—and herself—as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved. Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam’s books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer’s journey into her family’s past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way.

Author : Ella Frank,Brooke Blaine
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1790421861

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All I Want for Christmas...Is My Sister's Boyfriend by Ella Frank,Brooke Blaine Pdf

Some people want their two front teeth or a hippopotamus for Christmas. Not me. That would be too clichéd.Then again, I never thought I'd stoop to sitting on Santa's lap and asking him to bring me a boyfriend, either. In my defense, though, the man of my dreams had just knocked me into a store display ten minutes prior, so I wasn't exactly thinking straight. Hah, but when did I ever. I never thought I'd see Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome again, but it looked like fate-or Santa-had other plans when I ran into him the following night. Seemed like I might be getting my Christmas wish after all, right? Right.So imagine my surprise when I showed up at my parents' house for the holidays, only to find out that my sister had asked Santa for the exact same thing I did-and he'd delivered early.Yep, my sister scored herself a handsome new boyfriend, and he's absolutely perfect. He's charming, my parents love him, and even Lucifer the demon cat tolerates him.Oh, did I mention he also happens to be my dream guy? The one who's supposed to be under my tree?Yeah. Merry freakin' Christmas to me. Someone pass the hot buttered rum. This is a fun, feel-good MM Christmas novella.

Author : Kim Anderson
Publisher : C.R. Gibson Company
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0766766500

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To My Sister by Kim Anderson Pdf

Author : Mary Garden
Publisher : New Holland Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1760793833

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Sundowner of the Skies by Mary Garden Pdf

"Oscar Garden was a pioneering pilot who embodied the daredevil spirit of the golden age of aviation when he successfully flew from London to Sydney in 1930 with only 39 hours of previous flying experience. This largely forgotten feat forms the centrepiece of Mary Garden's powerful biography, which situates Oscar's public exploits in his unhappy private life, and her own troubled memories of a distant father."--backcover.

Author : Julia A. Boyd
Publisher : Plume
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0452280222

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Can I Get a Witness? by Julia A. Boyd Pdf

Although it's the leading cause of mental-health-related deaths, depression is not an illness many African-Americans women are willing to recognize and treat. Boyd sends a wake-up call to this group with others' stories and life-saving experiences.

Author : Julia A. Boyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : African American women
ISBN : OCLC:1392008621

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In the Company of My Sisters by Julia A. Boyd Pdf

Author : Thomas C. Jepsen
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Telegraph
ISBN : 9780821413432

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My Sisters Telegraphic by Thomas C. Jepsen Pdf

"This study also explores the surprising parallels between the telegraphy of the nineteenth century and the work of women in technical fields today. The telegrapher's work, like that of the modern computer programmer, involved translating written language into machine-readable code. And anticipating the Internet by over one hundred years, telegraphers often experienced the gender-neutral aspect of the "cyberspace" they inhabited."--BOOK JACKET.