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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks

« 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. » — Gloria Steinem

One of bell hooks’ foundational works, Bone Black is a searingly honest memoir that stitches together the fragments of a Black girl’s coming-of-age in the American South. Now introduced to the UK for the first time, this lyrical, deeply personal narrative reveals the origins of one of the most influential feminist voices of our time.

A Journey of Self-Creation

In Bone Black, hooks peels back the layers of her childhood, exposing the solitude, silence, and quiet rebellions that shaped her. From the stifling expectations of girlhood to the unequal joys of marriage, she paints a world where daughters and fathers are strangers under the same roof, and crying children are given something to cry about. Yet, within these struggles, she uncovers the solace of books, the power of writing, and the fierce independence that would define her life’s work.

• Language: English
• Author: bell hooks, Yomi Adegoke
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 208
• ISBN: 9780349704968
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