With life there are all types of experiences, lessons andchallenges that shape us. It is the beginning of life from the womb to ourformative years, up to the age of five, that help to create who we will be. Ifsomething drastic, brutal, or unfavorable occurs during these times, it canhave a negative impact, but all is not lost - you can still overcome.
Follow Tara Walker as her diary entries take us through thechannels of her life from being a child, through puberty and teenage years to ayoung adult where each of these phases will have a tremendous influence on whoshe is and will become.
Cheryl Denise Bannerman teaches us about how life can behappy yet have its dysfunctional elements, especially with those around us,from domestic violence, alcoholism, drug addiction and sexual abuse to feelingsof isolation and loneliness. But in all things, despite what we face in life,God has another plan.
As I read Black Child to Black Woman: A Journey of TremendousProportions by Cheryl Denise Bannerman, I began to think about women like MayaAngelou and Oprah Winfrey. These two women are prime examples of how when ouryoung lives are riddled with unfavorable occurrences, our choices and decisionsmake the difference. Just as Tara did in Black Child to Black Woman, as shetransitioned from wife to mother, she began to see her life through differentlenses. If you are looking for a true, gritty story about life in its rawestform, then Black Child to Black Woman: A Journey of Tremendous Proportions byCheryl Denise Bannerman will fit the bill.
