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504 reviews for:
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
4.56 AVERAGE
504 reviews for:
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
4.56 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
The audibook version is incredible be because you hear the stories read outloud by the writer or an actor. Thes are Re powerful, important stories for people of any race. I would put it as must-read for white Americans who are doing their own work on race.
Such an incredibly important, powerful, and compelling book. And beautiful on top of it. I absolutely loved listening to the audio version so I could hear the essays in the voices of their authors.
Such a wonderful book. There were many aha and I feel that moments in each page. I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did, but each author in this anthology touched on so many things that I saw myself in each chapter.
I *loved* listening to this as an audiobook, as most of the authors read their own work (which I LOVE). Some of the essays were more powerful than others (obviously), but there was SO MUCH wisdom in this edited volume. I appreciate the recommendation from a former student to move this up in the queue (and to listen, not read).
Sitting with the knowledge and perspective shared in this series of short essays.
Centered around Tarana Burke and Brene Brown’s work on vulnerability and shame, You Are Your Best Thing is a collection of essays used to shed light on black shame and trauma. Written by Black authors, it’s a powerful read that reflects the oppressive origins of shame, trauma and systemic racism through short stories and essays. With the constant burden of feeling the need to work twice as hard to prove your worth, This book expresses the importance of Black vulnerability and joy.
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I loved this book. I found myself going back and forth reading essays. I have a few favorites I even bookmarked for future reference. At times I felt like I was in a therapy session. I would have loved for more cohesiveness simply because I didn’t get an overall theme, but I appreciated it nonetheless.
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I loved this book. I found myself going back and forth reading essays. I have a few favorites I even bookmarked for future reference. At times I felt like I was in a therapy session. I would have loved for more cohesiveness simply because I didn’t get an overall theme, but I appreciated it nonetheless.
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
This is a quick read that begs for another run through. The short story format had me reading faster than I could process the heavy and necessary topics. This collection of writing gives a voice to vulnerability in the black American community where it is not always safe to be yourself.