Unbound
- Author Tarana Burke
- Narrator Tarana Burke
- Publisher Headline
- Run Time 7 hours and 9 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Memoirs, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Sexual abuse and harassment, Social discrimination and equal treatment.
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What to expect
'Searing. Powerful. Needed.' Oprah
'I will never stop thinking about this book.' Glennon Doyle
Tarana didn't always have the courage to say me too. As a child, she reeled from her sexual assault, believing she was responsible. Unable to confess what she thought of as her own sins for fear of shattering her family, her soul split in two. One side was the bright, intellectually curious third generation Bronxite steeped in Black literature and power, and the other was the bad, shame ridden girl who thought of herself as a vile rule breaker, not of a victim. She tucked one away, hidden behind a wall of pain and anger, which seemed to work... until it didn't.
Tarana fought to reunite her fractured soul, through organizing, pursuing justice, and finding community. In her debut memoir she shares her extensive work supporting and empowering Black and brown girls, and the devastating realisation that to truly help these girls she needed to help that scared, ashamed child still in her soul. Tarana has found that we can only offer empathy to others if we first offer it to ourselves.
Unbound is the story of an inimitable woman's inner strength and perseverance, all in pursuit of bringing healing to her community and the world around her, but it is also a story of possibility, of empathy, of power, and of the leader we all have inside ourselves. In sharing her path toward healing and saying me too, Tarana reaches out a hand to help us all on our own journeys.
(P) 2021 Macmillan Audio
Critics Review
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Searing. Powerful. Needed.
Oprah -
I will never stop thinking about this book.
Glennon Doyle -
Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana’s words are a testimony to liberation and love.
Brené Brown -
Burke sings a Black girl’s song and Unbound stands alongside I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Color Purple, as a coming of age story that is at once searingly painful, brilliant, and beautiful. Tarana Burke is known around the world for her activism and leadership. Now she will be known as an extraordinary writer.
Imani Perry, author of Breathe -
Burke’s Unbound is worthy of being considered next to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as one of those rare books that will unfold and welcome parts of us we thought we’d completely hid until the earth is gone. Unbound is the one we readers and writers have been waiting for.
Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy -
An unforgettable page-turner of a life story rendered with endless grace and grit.
Kirkus Reviews
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