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The death of a jaybird : essays on mothers and daughters and the things they leave behind Cover Image Book Book
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The death of a jaybird : essays on mothers and daughters and the things they leave behind

Savage, Jodi M 1978- (author.).

Summary: "Reminiscent of The Year of Magical Thinking and Somebody's Daughter, a deeply empathetic and often humorous collection of essays that explore the author's ever-changing relationships with her grandmother and mother, through sickness and health, as they experience the joys and challenges of Black American womanhood"--

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  • ISBN: 0063276089
  • ISBN: 9780063276086
  • Physical Description: 227 pages ; $c 21 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, [2023]

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Formatted Contents Note: What If : On Black Lives and Mental Health -- Searching for Salvation at Antioch -- How to Attend a Black Funeral -- Running Out of Time -- The Death of a Jaybird -- A Laying on of Hands -- I'm Too Pretty to Die Tonight -- The Ties That Bind -- I'm Not a Slut in the Street -- The Things She Left Behind -- Some Useful Advice for Going to Meet Your Dead Loved One and Other Tragedies.

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Genre: Essays.
Autobiographies.

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