
With a New Preface by the author "Breathe is a parent's unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children's right simply to be possible."--The New York Times 2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)...

2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) - 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated)
Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming...

Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and that, at times, seems irredeemable...

Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and that, at times, seems irredeemable...