Every faith book we've recommended, in one place.
Before she was poet laureate, Smith was the youngest of five in a California house full of faith and quiet expectation. The book circles her mother's death and what it does to a daughter's belief. The prose reads like her poems.
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Nine stories about Black women, church, and desire, including a mother baking cobbler for the pastor she is sleeping with while her daughter is forbidden a bite. Short enough for a group that never finishes the book.
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A Ghanaian American neuroscientist studies addiction in mice while her mother lies in her bed and will not get up. Quieter than Homegoing and about faith, grief, and what science cannot fix.
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Part guidebook, part initiation, Queen Afua's classic walks you through reclaiming your body, spirit, and womb wellness with rituals rooted in African healing traditions. Women pass this one down like an heirloom. Come with an open mind and a journal.
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America's favorite auntie on faith, food, and finding freedom after years of chasing an industry that kept saying no. Reading Tab feels like a long exhale in a warm kitchen. Includes recipes, naturally.
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