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25.

The bold world : a memoir of family and transformation

Patterson, Jodie, 1970- author.

Publication Date

2019

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Call Number

306.8743 PAT

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SD_ILS:481201

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Heavy : an American memoir

Laymon, Kiese, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Call Number

305.896 LAY

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:482123

27.

Guidebook to relative strangers : journeys into race, motherhood, and history

Dungy, Camille T., 1972- author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

813.6 DUN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:433824

28.

Ordinary light : a memoir

Smith, Tracy K., author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

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Call Number

928.6 SMI

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SD_ILS:357346

29.

The lost daughter

Williams, Mary, 1967-

Publication Date

2013

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Call Number

920.009296073 WIL

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SD_ILS:260058

30.

This fragile life : a mother's story of a bipolar son

Pierce-Baker, Charlotte.

Publication Date

2012

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Call Number

616.895 PIE

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SD_ILS:254834

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From My Mother's Back

Wane, Njoki

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From My Mother's Back

A Journey from Kenya to Canada

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The Road Is Good

Aduba, Uzo

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The Road Is Good

How a Mother's Strength Became a Daughter's Purpose

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Excessive Use of Force

Prater, Loretta P.

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Excessive Use of Force

One Mother's Struggle Against Police Brutality and Misconduct

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African American mothers -- Biography.

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Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Biography.

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Middleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- Family.

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Mother and child -- United States.

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Mother and child.

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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction (2024) -- Nominee.

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Adoption -- United States.

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Aduba, Uzo.

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African American Christians -- Biography.

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African American actors -- Biography.

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African American actresses -- Biography.

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African American adoptive parents -- Biography.

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African American educators -- Biography.

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African American families -- Effect of imprisonment on.

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African American girls -- Education -- Juvenile literature.

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African American lesbians -- Biography.

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African American lesbians -- United States -- Biography.

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African American mothers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

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African American mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

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African American mothers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American mothers -- United States -- Biography.

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African American novelists -- Biography.

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African American teachers -- Biography.

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African American transgender people.

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African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

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African American women -- United States -- Social conditions.

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African American women authors -- Biography.

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African American women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American women executives -- United States -- Biography.

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African American women.

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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- Biography.

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African Americans -- California -- Oakland -- Biography.

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African Americans -- California -- Oakland -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

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African Americans -- Material culture -- South Carolina -- History.

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Austin, Nefertiti.

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Baldwin, Emma Berdis Jones, -1999.

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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Family.

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Bereavement -- Social aspects -- United States.

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Bernard, Emily, 1967-

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Black Panther Party -- History.

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.

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Children with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.

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Christian women -- Biography.

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Climatic changes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 21st century.

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Coming of age -- United States.

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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent (2023) -- Winner.

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Curry, Stephen, 1988- -- Family.

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Dungy, Camille T., 1972- -- Family.

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Dungy, Camille T., 1972- -- Travel -- United States.

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Educators -- United States -- Biography.

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Emotional intelligence -- United States.

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Fonda, Jane, 1937-

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Foster home care -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

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Generational trauma -- United States.

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Hargrove, Nikkya, 1982-

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Harris, Taylor (Freelance writer)

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Heirlooms -- South Carolina -- History.

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Home -- Psychological aspects.

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Humor.

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Identity (Psychology) -- United States.

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Imprisonment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

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Jackson (Miss.) -- Biography.

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Jackson, Samuel L.

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Jackson, Samuel L. -- Criticism and interpretation.

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King, Alberta Williams, 1904-1974.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Family.

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Lane, Cassandra, 1971-

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Leadership -- United States -- Biography.

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Little, Louise Langdon, 1897-1989.

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Lynching -- Southern States.

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Memory -- United States.

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Mother and child -- Biography.

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Motherhood -- United States.

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Mothers -- Biography.

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Mothers -- United States -- Death.

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Mothers and daughters -- California -- Biography.

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Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

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Mothers and daughters -- United States.

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Mothers and sons -- Case studies.

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Mothers of children with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.

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Mothers of murder victims -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Mothers of prematurely born children -- United States -- Biography.

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Multiracial families -- United States -- Biography.

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National Book Award for Nonfiction (2021) -- Winner.

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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.

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New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century.

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Nigerian Americans -- Biography.

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Oakland (Calif.) -- Biography.

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Oakland (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

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Parenting.

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Parents of transgender children -- United States -- Biography.

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Patterson, Jodie, 1970-

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People with bipolar disorder -- Family relationships -- United States.

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People with bipolar disorder -- United States -- Biography.

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Perry, Imani, 1972-

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Poets -- Psychology.

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Prisoners' families -- Effect of imprisonment on -- United States.

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Raboteau, Emily -- Family.

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Race relations -- Biography.

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Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Racism in education -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

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Resilience (Personality trait) -- Southern States.

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Royster Francesca T.

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Sick children.

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Single mothers -- United States.

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Single mothers.

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Smith, Shirley.

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Smith, Tracy K.

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Smith, Tracy K. -- Family.

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Streeter, Leslie Gray.

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Theodore, Adrea -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.

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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Juvenile literature.

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Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003 -- Juvenile literature.

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Transgender children.

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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

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United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.

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Widowhood -- United States.

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Widows -- Biography.

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Williams, Mary, 1967- -- Childhood and youth.

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Women -- Employment -- United States.

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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Family.

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Curry, Sonya, author.

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Dungy, Camille T., 1972- author.

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Edwards, Gavin, 1968- author.

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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- author, narrator.

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Hargrove, Nikkya, 1982- author.

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Harris, Taylor (Freelance writer), author.

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Joy, Angela, 1975- author.

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Lane, Cassandra, 1971- author.

(1)

Lockhart, Zelda, author.

(1)

Patterson, Jodie, 1970- author.

(1)

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

(1)

Pierce-Baker, Charlotte.

(1)

Raboteau, Emily, author.

(1)

Robinson, Erin, illustrator.

(1)

Royster Francesca T.

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Smith, Shirley, author.

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Smith, Tracy K., author.

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Streeter, Leslie Gray, author.

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Theodore, Adrea, author.

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Tubbs, Anna Malaika, author.

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Washington, Janelle, illustrator.

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Williams, Mary, 1967-

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Young, Denise, 1955- author.

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