We Are Bridges by Cassandra Lane6/9/2023 "We Are Bridges makes a stunning contribution to what must become our collective memory. "An exceptional memoir of self-discovery through family histories." - Foreword Reviews (starred review) Haunting and poetic, this debut traces the strange fruit borne from the roots of personal loss in one Black family-and considers how to take back one's American story. Her book, We Are Bridges, is a winner of the Louise Meriweather First Book Prize.Kalamu ya Salaam. We Are Bridges turns to creative nonfiction to reclaim a family history from violent erasure so that a mother can gift her child with an ancestral blueprint for their future. She moves between the twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles, reimagining the intimate life of her great-grandparents Mary Magdalene Magee and Burt Bridges, and Burt's lynching at the hands of vengeful white men in his southern town. When Cassandra Lane finds herself pregnant at thirty-five, the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood. Full Book Name:We Are Bridges: A Memoir Author Name:Cassandra Lane Book Genre:Adult, Biography Memoir, History, Memoir, Nonfiction, Race Series Detail: ISBN 9781952177927 ASIN 1952177928 Edition Language:English Date of Publication:ApPDF / EPUB File Name:WeAreBridges-CassandraLane. St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series)Ī lyrical memoir reconstructing the lost history of a Black American family.
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