Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color

by Carole Ione

A black woman makes a remarkable journey of self-discovery, describing the women in her family, including her mother, her grandmother, her great-aunt, and her great-grandmother

Genres: Memoir, African American, History, Nonfiction, Autobiography

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Carole Ione Lewis, also known as Ione, is an author, playwright and poet whose works include Pride of Family; Four Generations of American Women of Color (New York: Harlem Moon Classics / Broadway Books, 2004); Nile Night; Remembered Texts from the Deep, (New York: Deep Listening Publications, 2008), and Listening in Dreams: This is a Dream! (New York: Ministry of Maåt Publications 2007). She is playwright and director of Njinga the Queen King; The Return of a Warrior and the dance opera Io and Her and the Trouble with Him. She is currently writing a sequel to her memoir, Pride of Family. Ione is Artistic Director of Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. and Director of the Ministry of Maåt, Inc.

(from http://www.blackpast.org/contributor/...)

Reviews

[Mills College Library]

305.48896 I642 2004

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever read a book that you didn't want to end but couldn't put down. Try as I did to read this book slowly and take in all that the author had to offer I finished reading this book today. I feel Blessed to have entered this family if only by reading about it's history. Like all of life it has been a journey. And while I had a safer less treating position of being on the other side of the book my physical position did not spare me the emotional struggle of Carol and her family. Life is connected. Like J California Cooper's book Family, Pride of the Family reminds me that the strength of family is always with us, if we allow ourselves to remember that we are not isolated individuals but a collective culture. thank you for sharing your story Ms. Ione. I hold it not only in my mind but also in my heart.

[JP · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I liked the idea of this book better than the content itself. The authors own story line lends itself to the absurd which I found made it harder to engage in the book as a whole, however interesting the matriarchs of her family were.

[Ellen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Interesting in its own way, but I would not recommend it.

[Robynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.