A Black Woman's Guide to Getting Free - by Tamara Winfrey Harris (Paperback)

About the Book

"Bestselling author Tamara Winfrey Harris helps Black women unshackle their authentic selves from expectations and negative stereotypes embedded in American culture and offers guidance on how to choose liberation and sustain freedom as a Black woman"--

Book Synopsis

Empowering, feminist guidance for Black women on living unapologetically and authentically--from the bestselling author of The Sisters Are Alright.

Unshackle your authentic self from the expectations and stereotypes of American culture through the 6 pillars of living free as a Black woman.

Tamara Winfrey Harris harnesses her knowledge as a two-time author and storyteller of the Black femme experience and nationally known expert on the intersections of race and gender to deliver a sharp feminist analysis that is illustrated by real-life stories and examples plucked from popular culture and intimate Black woman-to-Black woman truth-telling.

This book is separated into two parts. First, the meaning of liberation is explored and Black women will be guided in creating sustaining practice to mature their well-being along the freedom journey.

In part two, readers are introduced to the 6 pillars of living free as a Black woman:

• Spot the distortions
• Know your truth
• Celebrate the real you
• Understand the cost of liberation
• Practice freedom
• SEE free Black women everywhere

With the bold, astute writing that you have come to expect from Winfrey-Harris, A Black Woman's Guide to Getting Free urges Black women everywhere to choose themselves, and choose freedom, in a world that would have you chained.

Review Quotes

"A guide for the sister who longs to be free, who longs for her daughters, her mother, her aunts, her play cousins, her classmates who are Black women to also be free--to be free together. Grab this book and your best friends and work through it together. Then share it with younger women and older women. Freedom is for every age, and we come to it in different ways. Tamara has done the impossible--she has given us a guide to freedom no matter who we are or where we are in life."
--Suzanne Walsh, President, Bennett College

"This is a potent and impactful book! Tamara Winfrey Harris offers a brilliant exploration of self-liberation, tapping into ancient wisdom that underscores a profound truth: regardless of external influences or societal conditioning, we are already whole and complete. This work serves as a road map, extending a beautiful invitation to all Black women to examine, unlearn, and rediscover the undeniable truth and beauty of who we really are."
--Nikki Myers, founder of Y12SR: The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery

"This is a book Black women need now more than ever. In a time when the common narrative is that endless opportunities are available to all, Black women still live under the shadow of age-old stories and stereotypes that can make us feel limited. Winfrey Harris reminds us that we can take off our capes and our crowns--that we are not required to be perfect or to save any soul but our own. With both practical reminders (practice breath work, write in a journal) and words of inspiration, this book promises to guide us to 'the freedom to discover and live out your truths.'"
--Tamara Jeffries, educator, editorial consultant, and former Senior Editor, Yoga Journal

"A Black Woman's Guide to Getting Free is a road map to Black femme liberation, drawn from Tamara Winfrey Harris's frank feminist and anti-racist analysis and grounded in the real stories and experiences of Black women. It is a love letter, from writer to reader, that demands we love our authentic selves first and fiercely until the power of that love extends to our mothers, sisters, and daughters. This, the author says, is how we get free together. I believe her."
--Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

About the Author

Tamara Winfrey Harris is a writer who specializes in race and gender and their intersection with politics, popular culture, and current events. She is the author of Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power, and she has been called to share her analyses in media outlets such as NPR's Weekend Edition and Janet Mock's So POPular! on MSNBC.com. Winfrey Harris is vice president of community leadership and effective philanthropy at the Central Indiana Community Foundation, and she speaks at university campuses nationwide.