

Daughter
Author: Asha Bandele
Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/06/2008
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Asha Bandele
Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 02/06/2008
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
asha bandele is the award-winning author of The Prisoner’s Wife and several other works. Honored for her work in journalism and activism, asha is a mother, a former senior editor at Essence and a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance.
Aya has made mistakes in her life, but she has worked hard to turn her life around and is now on the straight and narrow. When she is out for a jog, she is mistakenly shot by the police. As her mother waits to find out what is going to happen to her daughter, she reflects back on her own life and ho......more
I loved the concept of this book and the story was definitely worth telling but the writing style fell a little short for me. At any rate it is always important to show and tell your daughter/son how much you love them and to be honest with issues that truly matter. Sometimes the way we raise our ch......more
I read it over a period of two days and nights. Every mother who has a daughter should read this. Especially every mother with a daughter who strives to follow her faith in an orthodox way should read this. Without a doubt it will touch you profoundly one way or another. Asha Bandele's style of writi......more
Wow! We're can I began with this book. I love the story/writing, in fact I find this story to be very strong because it relates to what is really happening in today's world. No parent should bury their child, police brutality have become a very strong point in this story, it shows what a parent go t......more