Chen Reads

“First, my name wasn’t Valerie. Second, I hadn’t been in his bed last night. Finally, we were going to be busy this afternoon. GETTING MARRIED.”
― Melanie Harlow, Runaway Love

“That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? Our eyes are supposed to be laser-focused on our kids at all”
― Chandler Baker, Cutting Teeth

“do. Has he ever stopped to wonder why being a mom actually is the hardest job in the world and not just something thoughtless people say? It’s because there’s never a day off—not just a day, but an hour, not so much as a minute. Is she sick? Is she feeling under the weather? Too bad! There’s no one to cover”
― Chandler Baker, Cutting Teeth

“She remained so stoic that I could have slapped her, but I used every drop of grace I had cultivated as a Black woman in America to hold myself together.”
― Amber Fisher, Temple of the Inner Flame