| Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story Contributor(s): Bandele, Asha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061710393 ISBN-13: 9780061710391 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Single Parent |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.9" W x 5.2" (0.30 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "asha bandele has a poignant story to share in Something Like Beautiful. It is the love that comes through that makes this such a compelling tale." --Nikki Giovanni Award-winning journalist, and author of The Prisoner's Wife and Daughter, and performance poet featured on HBO'S Def Poetry Jam, asha bandele once again writes from the heart in her lyrical and intimate memoir Something Like Beautiful--a moving story of love, loss, motherhood, and survival. Sharing the story of her struggles as a single black mother in New York City and her tragically self-destructive near-breakdown, asha bears her soul in a book Rebecca Walker, author of Baby Love, calls "courageous, profound, and achingly beautiful." |
Contributor Bio(s): Bandele, Asha: - A former features editor for Essence magazine, asha bandele is the author of two collections of poems, the award-wining memoir The Prisoner's Wife, and the novel Daughter. She lives in Brooklyn with her daughter. |