Newly Reissued and Updated The self-help classic for African American women, updated with a new foreword and a new chapter: A black family therapist and an award-winning journalist address the implications of slavery on modern African American relationships, providing important insights and caring advice that can help women break free of this painful emotional legacy “A powerful, moving, and life-enhancing book that will help readers reconnect with the past and move forward into the future. It will change lives and hearts.”?Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger “A provocative blend of scholarly wisdom and woman-to-woman insight that allows sisters to closely examine their choices in intimate relationships.”?Julia A. Boyd, author of In the Company of My Sisters