Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story
by asha bandele
Publication Date: Jan 19, 2010
List Price: $14.99
Format: Paperback, 200 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780061710391
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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Description of Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story by asha bandele
When asha bandele fell in love with a prisoner serving a twenty-to-life sentence and became pregnant with his daughter, she had reason to hope they would live together as a family. But soon after Nisa was born, asha’s dreams were shattered. Her husband, Rashid, was denied parole and told he’d be deported to his native Guyana once released. Suddenly a statistic—a black single mother in New York City—asha kept it together on the outside while falling apart on the inside. Despite having a great job at a high-profile magazine and a beautiful daughter whom she adored, asha began drinking and smoking and stumbled into a relationship that opened new wounds—descending into depression when her life should have been filled with love and joy.
A lyrical, astonishingly honest memoir, Something Like Beautiful is not only asha’s story but also the story of thousands of women who struggle daily with little help and much against them.
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