Off the heels of her husband's affair, Eve found herself voyaging on a road well traveled as the betrayed wife. Everything in her instructed her to leave him. However, from the counseling of her mother and pastor, she remained with her husband, Shamar. To aid in the healing of their marriage, the Dawson's sought marriage therapy. For Shamar, a year was enough time to heal from his sin, but for Eve, it would take much longer. While she loved her husband, trusting him would never be the same. Every late arrival home, unanswered text message or phone call, and trips out of town increased the distrust within her. Despite his demanding career as a criminal defense lawyer, Eve was often on the back burner of his life. If she had to set his priorities, they would follow as career, kids, family/friends, and finally -- wife. Tired of feeling like a fourth placed fool, Eve ventured out to find what she was missing from her husband. The search would lead her into the presence of a young stranger. Becoming the filler of her voided existence, the stranger would haul out pieces of Eve she never knew she had. Within a few fleeting moments in time, Eve went from being a devoted, bitter and alone wife to an unfaithful, happy and involved adulterer. The new life she led was all smoke and mirrors for what she did not see was the trouble lingering on the path ahead. At the end of Eve's Confession, the tried and true meaning of full forgiveness was put to the test. Not everyone was who they seemed and her best interests were never the main concern. Listen to the playlist of Eve's life where the hooks of the songs were her spinning life, the base of the guitars were her lustful desires and the beating drums were the uncertain future.
Isn't She Lovely is a novel about strength, courage, love, loss, envy, hate, faith, and the determination to achieve. Isn't She Lovely portrays the power of woman, yet it's also a connection to man. The narration begins and forms around the main character, Munae. Isn't She Lovely captures a young Munae that develops through her adulthood battling certain vices that were presented in her walk of life. The narrative offers the truths of struggle and exploitation, and the act of forgiveness.
Prince Jones, a self-professed teen love doctor known for his radio segment on the local hip-hop station, believes he can get the bookish, anti-romance Dani Ford to fall in love with him in three dates.
It is a summer that will change everything . . . .NaTasha has a wonderful life in affluent Park Adams. She fits in, she has friends, and she's a member of the all-white ballet troupe. Being nearly the only African American in her school doesn't bother NaTasha. But it bothers Tilly, NaTasha's spitfire grandmother from Harlem, who decides NaTasha needs to get back to her roots or her granddaughter is in danger of losing herself completely. Tilly whisks NaTasha away to a world where all of a sudden nothing in NaTasha's life makes any sense: Harlem and Comfort Zone in the Bronx, a crisis center where (cont'd)
AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT EXAMINING THE CULTURE OF HAIR FROM THE RONA JAFFE FOUNDATION AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women’s lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story “Hot Comb” is about a young girl’s first perm—a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming “too white” in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In “Virgin Hair” taunts of “tender-headed” sting as much as the perm itself. It’s a scenario that repeats fifteen years later as an adult when, tired of the maintenance, Flowers shaves her head only to be hurled new put-downs. The story “My Lil Sister Lena” traces the stress resulting from being the only black player on a white softball team. Her hair is the team curio, an object to touched, a subject to be discussed and debated at the will of her teammates, leading Lena to develop an anxiety disorder of pulling her own hair out. Among the series of cultural touchpoints that make you both laugh and cry, Flowers recreates classic magazine ads idealizing women’s needs for hair relaxers and product. “Change your hair form to fit your life form” and “Kinks and Koils Forever” call customers from the page. Realizations about race, class, and the imperfections of identity swirl through Flowers’ stories and ads, which are by turns sweet, insightful, and heartbreaking. Flowers began drawing comics while earning her PhD, and her early mastery of sequential storytelling is nothing short of sublime. Hot Comb is a propitious display of talent from a new cartoonist who has already made her mark.
My Life, My Story shares the story of Ebony Ferebees challenging life. From the age of eight, she has lived a very different life from others. Throughout her life, she has faced obstacles and challenges that have given her a very different perspective on life. She has dealt with abuse in her home, molestation, the death of a parent, a suicide attempt, her mothers breast cancer diagnosis, an identity crisis, an abusive relationship, and adjustment to becoming a military wife at nineteen. In My Life, My Story, she speaks to the little girl who just wants to be loved and to the young lady who wants a better life for herself. She has been able to overcome the challenges the world has thrown at her and live an amazing life despite all the odds against her. These days, she spends quality time with the Lord every day and keeps in touch with her brother, who is now in college. She strives to live up to Gods expectations, and there is no place she would rather be other than exactly where she is in her life. Celebrating womanhood and life!
Devastated by the loss of her parents, Passion tries desperately to pick up the pieces and continue her father's work. True is by her side through it all, and their bond is stronger than ever. True is head over heels in love with Passion, and he can't wait to make her his wife. However, he senses that Passion is still damaged by the ordeal with Chino, and it's making it hard for her to fully trust. Of course, the huge secret that he is keeping from her won't help matters...Chino is now married to Cherry, but he refuses to set aside his doggish ways for her sake. He is still out to hurt Passion for what he sees as her betrayal, and he sinks to lowest level ever to break her heart. Chino is loyal to no one, but his dirty deeds are closing in on him.In part two of Luvin' On A Cold Hitta, the ladies of the Dirty Diamonds and the New Freezer crew hold court. There is new king and queen on the scene, but someone is trying hard to take them down.
The third and final installment of the steamy and intense Black Mark series, by Ebony Olson! With a broken heart and a raging anger towards Darius, Mora and her unborn child go on tour where she puts all of her pent up emotions into her music, sky rocketing her career. She desperately tries to move on and start her new family without Darius casting his dark shadow on her life. But keeping Mora and Darius apart is like keeping a moth from a flame, and their distance doesn't last long before the couple is back to their old wicked ways. When things take a dangerous turn and one of Darius' fellow Fehu members becomes obsessed with Mora, she feels trapped. A fresh start could be just what she needs - but does she have the strength to leave behind the man who has always held her heart?
My Life, My Story" shares the story of Ebony Ferebee's challenging life. From the age of eight, she has lived a very different life from others. Throughout her life, she has faced obstacles and challenges that have given her a very different perspective on life. She has dealt with abuse in her home, molestation, the death of a parent, a suicide attempt, her mother's breast cancer diagnosis, an identity crisis, an abusive relationship, and adjustment to becoming a military wife at nineteen. In "My Life, My Story, " she speaks to the little girl who just wants to be loved and to the young lady who wants a better life for herself. She has been able to overcome the challenges the world has thrown at her and live an amazing life despite all the odds against her. These days, she spends quality time with the Lord every day and keeps in touch with her brother, who is now in college. She strives to live up to God's expectations, and there is no place she would rather be other than exactly where she is in her life. Celebrating womanhood and life!
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