My Blue Suede ShoesMy Blue Suede Shoes
Four Novellas
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Book, 2011
Current format, Book, 2011, 1st Atria pbk. ed, All copies in use.Book, 2011
Current format, Book, 2011, 1st Atria pbk. ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsCollects four novellas on women coping with domestic abuse, from a talk show host haunted by the self-loathing she felt as a child to a bride-to-be coming to terms with her emotionally abusive fiancâe.
A powerful collection of novellas by four leading African-American women writers, each tackling the terror of domestic violence.
In Other People&;s Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with writers Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, took on intra-racial prejudice. The second book in their successful Sister4Sister Empowerment Series once again offers hope and healing, this time from the nightmare of abuse.
In Desiree Cooper&;s Breakin&; It Down, a highly successful talk show host, haunted by the abandonment and self-loathing she felt as a child, is shocked to find herself inflicting the same abuse she experienced on her seven-year-old daughter. Tracy Price-Thompson&;s Brotherly Love goes deep into the disturbing relationship between a beautiful, accomplished teenage girl and the seemingly dutiful brother who raised her after their parents&; death. TaRessa Stovall&;s Breakin&; Dishes reveals the turmoil behind the scenes of a picture-perfect marriage as an angry wife beats her cheating husband. And in Elizabeth Atkins&;s The Wrong Side of Mr. Right, an outwardly beaming bride-to-be comes to terms with the inner turmoil brought on by her emotionally abusive fiancé. In all four novellas, redemption and hope appear when a pair of blue suede shoes enters each woman&;s life, helping her to overcome her challenges and stop the cycle of abuse.
A raw, engaging, and enlightening collection from beginning to end, My Blue Suede Shoes is as informative as it is entertaining.
A powerful collection of novellas by four leading African-American women writers, each tackling the terror of domestic violence.
In Other People&;s Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with writers Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, took on intra-racial prejudice. The second book in their successful Sister4Sister Empowerment Series once again offers hope and healing, this time from the nightmare of abuse.
In Desiree Cooper&;s Breakin&; It Down, a highly successful talk show host, haunted by the abandonment and self-loathing she felt as a child, is shocked to find herself inflicting the same abuse she experienced on her seven-year-old daughter. Tracy Price-Thompson&;s Brotherly Love goes deep into the disturbing relationship between a beautiful, accomplished teenage girl and the seemingly dutiful brother who raised her after their parents&; death. TaRessa Stovall&;s Breakin&; Dishes reveals the turmoil behind the scenes of a picture-perfect marriage as an angry wife beats her cheating husband. And in Elizabeth Atkins&;s The Wrong Side of Mr. Right, an outwardly beaming bride-to-be comes to terms with the inner turmoil brought on by her emotionally abusive fiancé. In all four novellas, redemption and hope appear when a pair of blue suede shoes enters each woman&;s life, helping her to overcome her challenges and stop the cycle of abuse.
A raw, engaging, and enlightening collection from beginning to end, My Blue Suede Shoes is as informative as it is entertaining.
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- Cooper, Desiree
- Price-Thompson, Tracy, 1963-
- Stovall, TaRessa
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- New York : Atria Paperback, 2011.
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