Blackwildgirl
Book description
Blackwildgirl begins her life as a queen superpower. When she is still a child, however, her parents strike a bargain that leads to her dethronement - and sets her on a forty-five-year journey to become the warrior she was born to be: Blackwildgoddess. Join an interactive adventure exploring the private…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Blackwildgirl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In the book Menah Pratt tells her story with raw emotion, sharing pages from her diaries, poetry, handwritten letters, and photographs from her past. It feels as though you are a part of her life as she is beautifully vulnerable. I was struck by the story of her mother and father, as her own story doesn’t manifest without them. Her father, Theodore, was a nuclear physicist and immigrated from Sierra Leone to the U.S. He married her mother, Mildred, who was a professor of social work and the granddaughter of an enslaved woman from Alabama. Both of her parents earned…
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