Souls of My Sisters: Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell Their Stories and Heal Their Spirits

by Dawn Daniels and Candace Sandy

Book Overview

Black women from all walks of life talk openly, honestly--and often for the first time--about their most intimate concerns, feelings, and situations. "Soul of My Sisters" is arranged thematically:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575666537
• ISBN13: 9781575666532
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

One of the best books I've ever read

I'm a 21 year old African American woman and I picked up this book at my campus bookstore. I started reading it and could not put it down. I had been looking for something that I could relate to and this was exactly the book. It took me through a range of emotions and eventually brought me to a better place. It was like I had lots of aunts, cousins, grandmas, and moms giving me advice. I'm buying one for all of my friends this Christmas.

Wonderful!

A beautiful, oftentimes tear-jerking compilation of some of the most poignant personal essays of black women's triumphs over life's tragedies and the things that make them appreciate life and give them a reason for living. This book will definitely encourage all of us to believe that things will only get better with time for no pain lasts forever if we truly believe.I highly recommend it!

Why you? Why me? Why us?

Someone was hurt before you; wronged before you; hungry before you; frightened before you; beaten before you; humiliated before you; raped before you; yet, someone survived." -Maya Angelou Souls of my Sisters is an equally inspiring as well as motivational source of all the life lessons of today's black woman. The unifying theme here is, you are never alone; we all have been down that road. Regardless if it was caused by the atrocities of our heritage, the turbulent times we see right now or the unforeseen uncertainties of our future as a people. All of the roads lead toward one particular factor, which helps us make it through these uncertain times...our own unrelinquished beliefs of and or the grace of God. Even if you don't have a set belief, you don't need to. If you want to be preached to, then this won't be your cup of tea. However, it may help to fill that void in your life. This is a collection of real experiences, anguish, hurt, reflections, memoirs, love and spiritual journeys of all forms. This book offers a diverse group of black women from all walks of life; such as Mary J. Blige, Kym Hampton, Rosalyn McMillian, Felicia Middlebrooks and other unsung heroines. If you have ever felt that sneaky feeling of worthlessness or self doubt, or you just sat alone in the dark and wondered why? Why is this happening to me and where do I go from here? Then let this book be your guide towards the collective healing process and learn to fully understand and love yourself. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, pondered this same question until she came up with this answer: "...Because I am here for a reason and every day I still learn good reason to answer my question: Why me?"

Inspiring, Innovating, Illuminating Contributors

I was so pleased when Ivy Simmons, a contributor to this book and one of my Spelman sistah girls informed me about the book signing and forum held this past Friday. I was truly impressed to see a handful of those contributors there at Spelman College on this past Friday evening. I thought this would just be another one of those "black women books" that fall victim to shortelling the real struggles of our sisters. Needless to say, my preconceived notions were erased and I was truly estatic to be there to witness true greatness. I have read several of the stories and already, I feel rejuvenated and refreshed. I highly recommend this book to all of my sisters and brothers too. Often times, our brothers don't truly understand all that we go through (as we may not understand their struggles either). This is a good reference and indepth look into the lives of various women. I especially recommend this to our younger sisters!I extole congratulations to all of the women of Souls of My Sisters and applaud their efforts. A special thanks to my Spelman sistahs of the Class of 96', Ivy Simmons and Tara Centeio.

Sistergirls Sharing, Caring and Healing

Souls Of My Sisters is an innovative tool that encourages and empowers women to take charge of their lives, specifically in the areas of health, love, spirituality and family. Using a number of essays from a broad range of women, some icons and others lesser known, readers gain insight into the despair that has haunted them as well as the highs they have experienced in overcoming their various obstacles.Readers gain a true sense that everyone has similar struggles. The path to self discovery that the authors encourage readers to embark upon, by asking the question, "Who am I?" encourages exploration within one's own soul so that we might learn from others and ourselves and not repeat our mistakes. Souls Of My Sisters is a powerful, life changing book that will encourage many African-American women in particular to become more focused, broaden their horizons and achieve all the success that awaits them. Kudos to Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy on an outstanding job on their first publication. I look forward many more publications by them.