Breathe: A Letter to My Sons Free Audiobook Download by Imani Perry
This is a letter to my sons, but also to all the women who carry their daughters. This is a letter about being present to the body and what it means to grow up healthy, vulnerable, knowledgable and powerful. It's about growing up in an age where there are always things we can't expect from ourselves: from others, from the world. It's not just that I want them to be kind human beings with all of their strengths; I want them to be strong human beings with all of their weaknesses.
Imani Perry's audiobook, Breathe, is a letter of hope and advice to her two sons about who they are and what they want for their future. Imani Perry opens her letter by talking about how she came to be pregnant with her youngest son, the night she went to a party where she lost her virginity, the first time she had sex, the night she conceived him. Her letter is a combination of individual anecdotes as well as lessons Imani has learned along the way. In this book Imani talks about many aspects of life that are relevant to all parents - birth control, college education, tattoos and piercings.
"Imani Perry is a professor of African American, women's and gender studies at Princeton University. Her first book, Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, is an impassioned plea for her two pre-teen sons to find their own voice amid the noise of contemporary culture."
"Breathe: A Letter to My Sons" is a powerful story of love, loss, and faith that will help parents to become better listeners to their children. It's a must-read for any parent of young boys who are hurting or whose lives have been disrupted by the tragic death of a loved one.
Imani Perry takes the reader through her life as a mother and how she deals with herself, her family, and the world. She shares personal and family stories along with reflections on being an African American womxn in America. She also talks about some of the major ideas that have shaped her thoughts as she has developed into an academic and activist.
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons is a memoir written by Imani Perry chronicling the journeys of her two sons. It is a letter written to her sons in which she tells them everything they need to know about life as they embark on their own journeys.
Published Date | 2019-09-17 |
Duration | 4 hours 29 minutes |
Author | Imani Perry |
Narrated | Imani Perry |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Non-Fiction |
Parent Category | Social Science |