The Body Family

The Body FamilyAuthor: Hope Wabuke ISBN: 9781642597455 Publisher: Haymarket Books Year first published: 02 Aug 2022 Pages: 80 Format: Hardback This visceral and revelatory poetry collection tells the story of a family's journey to flee the murderous reign of Uganda's Idi Amin only to land in a racist American landscape. Wabuke digs deeply into a personal and ancestral history to bring these poems to life, articulating what it means to live in a Black female body

and to address the way some attitudes about the country were changed

where danger and beauty are as tangible as the plants themselves

loving husband

Bradford and Cole strive to solve complex crimes

devastating to the very people it’s meant to help

despite the wealth of tactical curriculum resources available

Following the feminist call to liberate international relations from the straitjacket of high politics

but rather an impulsive

Feeling liberated

Speaks to and connects people at all levelsA raw telling of a life story that digs into the rawness of life that many are searching forA genuine story that just about anyone can relate while at the same time providing a perspective to life that is sure to bring joyA source to guide one on how to champion their own lifeAn uplifting and encouraging story guaranteed to inspire that the reader won't want to put down

Author: Ellen Bass

the Democratic Republic of the Congo