Mama bear One black mother's fight for her child's life and her own
Book - 2021
The wife of NBA Champion and All-Star J.R. Smith shares the story of giving birth to one of the youngest premature babies to survive, shining a spotlight on the dangers Black women face during pregnancy and paying tribute to black women's resilience.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Autobiographies
- Published
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xvii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236).
- ISBN
- 9780063010789
- Introduction
- Part I. Maternal Instincts When Nothing Else Makes Sense
- 1. Kota Bear
- 2. Binge
- 3. A Baby Story
- Dropping Jewels: Repairing Maternal Instincts Interrupted by Disease, Drugs, and Poverty
- Part II. Community as the Fish and the Loaves of Bread
- 4. Liquid Gold
- 5. Reaching Out to My Othermothers
- 6. Creating Community Through Social Media
- Dropping Jewels: Advice for Families Who are Feeling Alone
- Part III. My God, My Faith
- 7. A Family That Prays Together
- 8. Custom-Fitting Faith for My Young Adult Years
- Dropping Jewels: Keeping the Faith Through the Valley of Shadows
- Part IV. Therapy to Heal My Energizer Bunny
- 9. One Year, Two Babies
- 10. Doing What You Have to Do
- 11. Postpartum Times Two
- Dropping Jewels: How to Turn Off the Energizer Bunny and Get Help
- Part V. Peeling Back the Layers
- 12. Girl Meets Boy
- 13. Seeking My Missing Father
- 14. Paternity Crossroads
- 15. True Father
- Dropping Jewels: Create Tour Own Mold of a Good Father
- Part VI. A Retreat to Reconnect My Womb to My Body
- 16. Finding Myself and Mom in Red Rock
- 17. Closing the Gap
- 18. Dakota's Voice
- 19. My Voice and My Mother's Voice
- Dropping Jewels: Reconnect to Heal from Loss
- Acknowledgments
- Resources
- References