Title:
I didn't work this hard just to get married : successful single black women speak out / Nika C. Beamon ; foreword by Bella DePaulo.
ISBN:
9781569763537
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2017]
©2009
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 176 pages)
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Livin' single / with Kim Coles -- Princess Charming / with Deborah Gregory -- SSIC : single sistah in charge / with Susan Chapman -- The enjolie woman is dead / with Jackie DeVaughn -- I can do bad by myself / with Pamela Harris -- Baby mama, no drama / with Lisa Parker -- Walking the single's beat / with Kiada Moragne -- Not all black women are angry / with Shenequa Grey -- Even a broken clock is right twice a day / with Effie T. Brown -- Happily ever after? / with Nancey Flowers -- Singular sensation / with Sheila Bridges -- Being single is just another option / with JC Lamkin -- Captain in a solo army / with Gwyneth Bradshaw -- Solo flyer / with Catherine McKenzie -- Rewriting the rules of single life / with Lacy Lewis -- Single according to God's plan / with Camille Young -- Single and refusing to settle / with Sidney Morris -- Alone, not lonely : "I know that I will never disappoint myself" -- Suddenly single : the social pressures on single sistahs -- Salvation for single sistahs? : is marriage all it's cracked up to be? -- Lone warriors : single black women fight for a brighter future.
Summary:
A collection of interviews with single black women about the reality of living single by choice. Describes the challenges and rewards of the single life related to dating, owning a home, having children, and caring for aged parents.
Genre:
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