Family & Relationships

A brilliant and brilliantly different (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture. Stranded within an ever-shifting family's...

From an exciting new literary voice: a memoir that explores grief, Blackness, and recovery after the death of a dear friend. After an unexpected phone call on an early morning in 2018, writer and model Eirinie Carson learned of her best friend Larissa's...

"Social Justice Parenting offers guidance and grace for parents who want to teach their children how to create a fair and inclusive world."--Diane Debrovner, deputy editor of Parents magazine"Replete with excellent examples and advice that can help...

When it comes to a real friendship, Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have one last opportunity to get it right. If only for a short period, they appear to be on the same path and willing to put their chaotic past behind them. Evelyn's near-death experience has...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same' - Pandora Sykes 'Remarkable' - Lorraine Kelly 'Searing' - Dolly Alderton 'I absolutely loved I Am Not Your Baby Mother' - Giovanna...

A revealing look at why domestic violence victims stay with their abusers...and how they can ultimately leave. And survive. One Saturday morning, Gooden is woken up by her husband shoving her off the bed for no discernible reason. Despite her quick...

From pasties to postpartum and everything in between No one said motherhood would be easy. For Adiba Nelson, the journey to parenthood started with a big bang and continues with a breakdown (or two) and several why? questions for God. Witty and bold,...

Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatised. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn't what you expected - and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice? Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a...

"Powerful and transcendent" --Chigozie Obioma "Both epic and intimate" --​Margo Jefferson A deeply moving, lyrical journey through the author's homeland of Nigeria, in search of the truth about his disappeared uncle and the history of a war that...

A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago's North and South Sides As a multiracial household in Chicago's North Side community of Rogers Park, race is at the core of Francesca T. Royster and...

Shedding light on class division, this audiobook offers solutions to class bias in the workplace by analyzing real experiences, social norms, education, wealth, and more.The renewed focus on class, race, and equality in the workplace and beyond is making...

A powerful call to arms to empower cisgender people to be better allies, blending memoir, detailed research, and interviews. The trans experience is all too often the subject of fierce debate in the media and online. While we're having more and more...

A Black mother bumps up against the limits of everything she thought she believed--about science and medicine, about motherhood, and about her faith--in search of the truth about her son. The memoir dedicates important space to the numbing bureaucracy...

It has often been said that if white America has a case of the sniffles, Black America catches walking pneumonia. When this credo is applied to relationships, common problems such as inadequate communication, commitment fears, financial struggles and...

The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time,...