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

"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 challen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Savage, Jodi M., 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Savage, Jodi M., > 1978-
Savage, Jodi M., > 1978- > Family.
African American women > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women > Health and hygiene.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > Biography.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Grief.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.