Book description
A fearless memoir in which beloved and bestselling How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a black woman in America.
Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the…
Why read it?
1 author picked Real American as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a reader, these shared life experiences may prove to be the closest you will ever come to walking in someone else’s shoes. This book would have the greatest impact on historically privileged Americans if read with an open heart. Immensely enlightening: Lythcott-Haims does more than take the reader on a walk through her lived experiences. She shared the complex building blocks found in England, Africa, and America that impacted her mother’s character, along with the extraordinarily successful professional life of her father.
From Jonathan's list on Black-ish American memoirs and autobiographies.
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