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With a New Preface by the author

“Breathe is a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”—The New York Times

2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) · 2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist · Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated)

Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.


 Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a moth

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      Publisher: Beacon Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807016268, 978-0807016268
      ISBN10: 0807016268

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With a New Preface by the author

      “Breathe is a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma and love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”—The New York Times

      2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) · 2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist · Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated)

      Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.


       Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a moth

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