NEW from Janet Cheatham Bell An inspiring and provocative collection of personal essays about the author's life experiences. This very popular title sold more than 50,000 copies when it was initially published in 1996. Now revised and updated, the essays are divided into sections like, Being Black, Being Educated, Cherishing Family, Knowing Who You Are, Living Long and Well, and Risking the Unknown.

A coming-of-age memoir that confronts race and gender issues in middle America during the preCivil Rights era