Book
Sistahfaith : real stories of pain, truth, and triumph
Publication Information
New York : Howard Books, c2010.
Physical Description
xix, 211 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes a reading group guide.
Contents
- In search of sistahood / Serving notice : a poem / Selecting your sistahs
- Tamar, a sistah ashamed : Winter is past / The kept one / A hateful love / Tamar's triumph : a poem / Twelve weeks of truth : week one
- A sistahood of scars : Treasure in the scars / Girl of grace-- woman of peace : a poem / My past cannot have my future blessings / Twelve weeks of truth : week two
- Tamar's shame : My own creation / Hush-hush stuff / Let me laugh : a poem / Twelve weeks of truth : week three
- The forgiving hour : Divinely made : a poem / Drowning must be a terrible way to die / Get wisdom, get understanding / I loved a boy / Twelve weeks of truth : week four
- Tamar's flight : A woman's worth / Going home / How dare you / Twelve weeks of truth : week five
- The healing pen : Life's reintroduction : a poem / Confession is good for the soul / A high price to pay / Beyond the scars / A new name / Twelve weeks of truth : week six.
- My sistah's keeper : Far above rubies / A place prepared / The naked pregnant lady in the yard / Twelve weeks of truth : week seven
- Her robe, royal no more : Scars / Perfection / When I think I'm unlovable / Uncovering love / Deliverance : a poem / Twelve weeks of truth : week eight
- My rearguard : The short trip back to sanctuary / Tamar's wings : a poem / Twelve weeks of truth : week nine
- Choose life : Tea and crackers / No choice / Amazed by grace / Evergreen / Twelve weeks of truth : week ten
- Garments of praise : If I were her / Two minutes / My heart waketh / From shame to praise / What if-- I had never been sexually abused? / The day of salvation / Twelve weeks of truth : week eleven
- A healing season : Raising the roof / Brother, I'm healed : a poem / A bare witness / Healing proclamation prayers ; Twelve weeks of truth : week twelve.