Saving Our Sons

Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World

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$15.00 US
On sale Dec 01, 1995 | 208 Pages | 9780385473033
“In a sensitive and beautifully written autobiographical testimony, novelist Golden . . . interweaves diary entries with her exploration of what it means to parent a black male adolescent in the turmoil of today’s society. Her understanding is heightened by the fact that for the first decade of his life she raised her son in Nigeria, a country largely free of racism and violence that reveres young males. Golden’s fears and hopes make the problems of crime and violence, racism, and parenting very real. A book whose readership should not be limited to African Americans . . . .” —Library Journal
© Luca Pioltelli
Marita Golden is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. Her books include After, Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons, and Don’t Play in the Sun. She is the founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that supports African American writers. She lives in Mitchellville, Maryland. View titles by Marita Golden

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“In a sensitive and beautifully written autobiographical testimony, novelist Golden . . . interweaves diary entries with her exploration of what it means to parent a black male adolescent in the turmoil of today’s society. Her understanding is heightened by the fact that for the first decade of his life she raised her son in Nigeria, a country largely free of racism and violence that reveres young males. Golden’s fears and hopes make the problems of crime and violence, racism, and parenting very real. A book whose readership should not be limited to African Americans . . . .” —Library Journal

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© Luca Pioltelli
Marita Golden is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. Her books include After, Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons, and Don’t Play in the Sun. She is the founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that supports African American writers. She lives in Mitchellville, Maryland. View titles by Marita Golden

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