Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood - Paperback

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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood - Paperback

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood - Paperback

by Bell Hooks
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Book Overview

"A canvas of vividly impressionistic splashes of growing up young, gifted, Black, and female." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

In this memoir of perceptions and ideas, renowned feminist intellectual bell hooks presents a stirringly intimate account of growing up in the South. Stitching together the gossamer threads of her girlhood memories, hooks shows us one strong-spirited child's journey toward becoming a writer.

Along the way, hooks sheds light on the vulnerability of children, the special unfurling of female creativity, and the imbalance of a society that confers marriage's joys upon men and its silences on women. In a world where daughters and daddies are strangers under the same roof, and crying children are often given something to cry about, hooks uncovers the solace to be found in solitude, the comfort to be had in the good company of books.

Bone Black allows us to bear witness to the awakening of a legendary author's awareness that writing is her most vital breath.

"With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell hooks weaves a girlhood memoir you won't be able to put down--or forget. Bone Black takes us into the cave of self-creation." --Gloria Steinem
ISBN9780805055122
Author Bell Hooks
PublisherHolt Paperbacks
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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bell hooks (1952-2021) was the author of over thirty books, including the feminist classic Ain't I a Woman, the memoir Bone Black, and the New York Times bestselling All About Love.

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