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Black girls must be magic : a novel / Jayne Allen.

Allen, Jayne, 1978- (author.). Allen, Jayne, 1978- (Added Author).

Summary:

For Tabitha Walker, her grandmother's old adage, "Black girls must die exhausted" is becoming all too true. Discovering she's pregnant--after she was told she may not be able to have biological children--Tabitha throws herself headfirst into the world of "single mothers by choice." Between her job, doctor's appointments, and preparing for the baby, she's worn out. And that's before her boss at the local news station starts getting complaints from viewers about Tabitha's natural hair. When an unexpected turn of events draws Marc--her on and off-again ex-boyfriend--back into her world with surprising demands, and the situation at work begins to threaten her livelihood and her identity, Tabitha must make some tough decisions about her and her baby's future. It takes a village to raise a child, and Tabitha turns to the women who have always been there for her. Bolstered by the fierce support of Ms. Gretchen, her grandmother's best friend, the counsel of her closest friends Laila and Alexis, and the calming presence of her doula Andouele, Tabitha must find a way to navigate motherhood on her own terms. Will she harness the bravery, strength, and self-love she'll need to keep "the village" together, find her voice at work, and settle things with Marc before the baby arrives?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063211308 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published as Black girls must die exhausted: and baby makes two in 2019 by Quality Black Books"--Title page verso.
Subject: African American women journalists > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Pregnant women > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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