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Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color--A Journey from Prison to Power

by Patrice Gaines

ISBN13: 9780385480277
ISBN10: 038548027X
Condition: Standard

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An award-winning Washington Post reporter explores the twisted path she traveled to find her place as a confident black female in a world that values whiteness and maleness. Here is a rich and insightful story of a life lived on the edge by a woman formerly preoccupied with pleasing everyone but herself.

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"For any woman who's ever let love lead her astray, this searing story will lead her back to the healing power of her own hear". -- Bebe Moore Campbell

"Courageously frank and inspirational". -- The New York Times Book Review

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ISBN:: 9780385480277
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 10/01/1995
Publisher:: Anchor Books
Language:: English
Pages:: 304
Height:: .67IN
Width:: 5.42IN
Thickness:: .75
LCCN:: 95008023
Number of Units:: 1
Series Volume:: 103-30
UPC Code:: 2800385480279
Author:: Patrice Gaines
Author:: Patrice Gaines
Subject:: African American women - Social conditions
Subject:: Afro-American women -- Social conditions.
Subject:: African American women journalists
Subject:: Afro-American women
Subject:: African American Studies-General
Subject:: Gaines, Patrice
Subject:: Social conditions
Subject:: Afro-American journalists
Subject:: African-American women

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