Life's Spices From Seasoned Sistahs: A Collection of Life Stories From Mature Women of Color.Life's Spices From Seasoned Sistahs: A Collection of Life Stories From Mature Women of Color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color Edited by Vicki Ward Nubian Images Publishing Company March 2005, $14.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-975-51620-5 It's rare to find a self-help book that sounds as delectable as a cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN , from the inviting title to details women of every ethnicity would want to devour de·vour tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours 1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat. 2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes. . That's exactly what you get, however, with Life's Spices From Seasoned Sistahs, a collection of 55 personal essays and poems peppered with candor, dabbed with sassiness and covered with wisdom gained from living. Only twice does the book sample blandness, and that is with the first two tales. Perhaps that is because these stories reflect childhood memories while the remainder presents a conflict and then a resolution. The Epigraph ep·i·graph n. 1. An inscription, as on a statue or building. 2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme. and Foreword by authors Dera R. Williams and Gail Perry-Mason (coauthor of Girl, Make Your Money Grow, Broadway, 2003) state that the purpose of the book is to dispel the myth that women do not like each other, to increase female bonding and to offer wisdom from the seasoned generations to the younger sets. This book achieves all three by supplying readers glimpses into other cultures plus advice. We're Every Woman could easily have been the title of this book instead. --Reviewed by Jill L. Cox Jill L. Cox is a freelance writer in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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