I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing<\/strong> \u2013 Maya Angelou<\/em>: \u201ca coming-of-age story that demonstrates strength of character\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ordinary People<\/strong> \u2013 Diana Evans<\/em>: \u201can intimate story of identity and parenthood, building on the fragile architecture of love\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Becoming <\/strong>\u2013 Michelle Obama<\/em>: \u201cthe book captures experiences on racism and sexism, and how it shaped the life of Michelle\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Americanah <\/strong>\u2013 Chimamanda Adichie<\/em>: \u201cthe book focuses on denying true self and emotion, but finding joy in authenticity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyonce<\/strong> \u2013 Morgan Parker<\/em>: LOL! Shocking title, right? But it’s all for the love of Beyonce. The book is \u201ca dynamic poetry collection that expresses the social narratives surrounding contemporary black womanhood\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beloved <\/strong>\u2013 Toni Morisson<\/em>: \u201cthe novel chronicles the life of a black woman held prisoner by the memories of the trauma of her life as a slave\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy reading! xoxo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve got some cool recommendations! Here are 7 books, recommended by various sites (and a summary), you should own as a black woman discovering more of herself: Finding Me \u2013 Viola Davis: \u201cthe book hides nothing as it unravels a story of hope, survival and acceptance of self\u201d I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing \u2013 Maya Angelou: \u201ca coming-of-age story that demonstrates strength of character\u201d Ordinary People \u2013 Diana Evans: \u201can intimate story of identity and parenthood, building on the fragile architecture of love\u201d Becoming \u2013 Michelle Obama: \u201cthe book captures experiences on racism and sexism, and how it shaped the life of Michelle\u201d Americanah \u2013 Chimamanda Adichie: \u201cthe book focuses on denying true self and emotion, but finding joy in authenticity\u201d There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyonce \u2013 Morgan Parker: LOL! Shocking title, right? But it’s all for the love of Beyonce. The book is \u201ca dynamic poetry collection that expresses the social narratives surrounding contemporary black womanhood\u201d Beloved \u2013 Toni Morisson: \u201cthe novel chronicles the life of a black woman held prisoner by the memories of the trauma of her life as a slave\u201d Happy reading! xoxo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,181,13],"tags":[2182,562,2180,2179,563,2181],"class_list":["post-17439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-features","category-stephs-lounge","tag-book-club","tag-books","tag-chimamanda-adichie","tag-michelle-obama","tag-reading","tag-viola-davis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17445,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17439\/revisions\/17445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ChangeMakers-5-min.jpg\")
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