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	A Woman Is No Man 4.26 avg rating — 175,645 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It’s the loneliest people who love books the most.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman is No Man

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“A real choice doesn't have conditions. A real choice is free.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

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“Too often being happy means being passive or playing it safe. There's no skill required in happiness, no strength of character, nothing extraordinary. Its discontent that drives creation the most--passion, desire, defiance. Revolutions don't come from a place of happiness. If anything, I think it's sadness, or discontent at least, that's at the root of everything beautiful.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

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A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

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The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

1 vote, 5.6%

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

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Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson

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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

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The Mothers by Brit Bennett

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