Free (nook/Kindle/iTunes) Real Lives of Strong Black Women [Life Experience & Advice]

[ATDrake]

The Real Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy by Toby Tompkins is his compilation of stories of contemporary African-American women's experiences cum derived life advice self-help guide, free courtesy of publisher Agate.

According to the favourable editorial reviews, this covers a broad range of women of all ages, lifestyle and relationship situations, and orientations (with LGBT individuals and interracial couples included), incorporating interviews and anecdotes among the self-help stuff, and while it's geared specifically towards African-American women, the author expands his advice towards women of all races.

Currently free, probably just until the weekend @ B&N (may also drop in the UK), Amazon (not available to Canadians, but also free in the UK), & iTunes (not available to Canadians). Probably also free at Google Play US, where it's been reported that Agate freebies have also been showing up in recent weeks.

Description
In this warm, sensitive, and straightforward self-help guide for African American women, Toby Thompkins explores the struggles and lessons necessary to transcend the stereotypes and overcome the consequences of being a “Strong Black Woman.”

Culled from interviews with black women (and black men) from all walks of life, the personal stories Thompkins uses to illustrate his ideas and communicate his healing message illustrate the costs involved in measuring up to this mythic image. Too often, as Thompkins illustrates, women of color feel compelled to become “chronic caregivers,” sacrificing their ability to become truly free and fulfilled individuals.

Through the wisdom garnered from the stories of these different women’s experiences, and his own compassionate, insightful analysis, Thompkins offers effective strategies by which women of any color can create lives characterized by new dimensions of fulfillment, love, and joy.