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Books : Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul: Tales to Strengthen the African American Spirit and Encourage the Heart Digital Life Donna Marie Williams Average Rating:
Product Description: To tell a story well, you have to live a story well -- with courage, persistence, and faith that everything's going to turn out all right. Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul is a collection of stories that reveals universal themes, as well as the unique perspectives of African Americans. The first collection of its kind, Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul boldly dispels the myth of a homogeneous Black culture. Diverse voices -- including those of Zora Neale Hurston, Dawn Turner Trice, and Frederick Douglass -- tell our stories of beginnings, wisdom, patience, hard work, excellence, joy, and miracles. Stories about love, healing, and atonement are told with insight, humor, and gritty honesty.
Arising from these distinct voices is the call for hope. Enjoy these stories and let them guide your soul to a place where you can find solace and draw nourishment, a place that can warm and soothe you, like a bowl of black-eyed peas.
Amazon.com Review: At first, Donna Marie Williams resisted the title that her editor gave this book before it was assembled; she feared that it would seem like a rip-off of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Yet as she gathered inspirational stories from African Americans she began to see the wisdom in the title. 'Black-eyed peas are not a comfort food like chicken soup,' Williams explains. They are a hearty bean, representing grit, determination, and wisdom, 'an excellent metaphor for the sojourn of the Africans in America.' This collection of real-life stories, which includes contributions from Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, and Andrew Young, has the heartiness of unstrained truth while still managing to be satisfying and uplifting, just like a steaming bowl of hoppin' John.
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Rating: - Stories for the soul
If you are a fan of the Chicken soup books, You'll love Black-eyed peas for the soul, a collection of inspirationl, and stories of hope from african americans of every wake of life.
Rating: - The readings offer rare wisdom, knowledge and humour.
This unique book carries the reader into many worlds through the experiences of the writers. A reader is inspired by stories of faithfulness in varied relationships. Lessons about the kind of persistence that leads to life altering achievement are included from unexpected authors like George Washington Carver. It is good to read perspectives from African-Americans from many different disciplies and philosophies. I don't think we have heard enough about the presence of this book in the literary world. My suggeston to everyone is read it and improve the quality of your life. BLACK-EYED PEAS FOR THE SOUL IS A TREASURE.
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- Stories for the soul
- The readings offer rare wisdom, knowledge and humour.
