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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Jacobs, Harriet
Donna Butler
, November 11, 2014
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the most profound book I have read about slavery and its long-term impact. We think there is unbelievable violence today and there is. At the same time I think I/we grossly underestimate the intensity of the day-to-day grinding and brutally oppressive impact of slavery on every single aspect of human life. Written under a pseudonym at the time, the author, Harriet Jacobs has been verified. This historical account was published in 1861 with the help of an abolitionist, Maria Child. It is rare to find a book written by an African American woman who was a slave. Born in 1813 in North Carolina, she describes the daily struggles of slavery’s abuse to herself, her family and the black community. She describes the slave who was suspended with a fire above his head with a slab of pork and the hot grease running down and burning his body. Despite a very oppressive master, she speaks the truth to power again and again, refusing to let his degrading view of her define her. What drives her actions most of all is her determination to gain freedom for her family. Harriet wrote this book most of all to share the suffering of her community. It helps me understand better the long term devastating impact both within the black community itself and the ongoing struggle in this country to overcome the racism so rooted in our bones.
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Mind Whispering A New Map to Freedom from Self Defeating Emotional Habits
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Tara Bennett Goleman
Donna Butler
, May 29, 2014
The Horse Whisperer is my favorite movie so the title of the book immediately attracted my attention. The author's combining such multi-layered experiences as horse whispering, mindfulness, neuroscience and practice as a cognitive psychotherapist is such an eclectic and delightful mix. I appreciate also how she illustrates concepts with stories and nature images. The book is so practical it immediately gave me new insight into how to approach a recent conflict in a relationship. I would love to see this author do a TV series!
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