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Letters to a Young Sister DeFINE Your Destiny

9781592403516

Letters to a Young Sister DeFINE Your Destiny

  • ISBN 13:

    9781592403516

  • ISBN 10:

    1592403514

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 06/03/2008
  • Publisher: Gotham
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Summary

Letters to a Young Sisterbrings Hill Harper’s new vision for facing tough issues and becoming the architect of your own life to young women, such as: • Creating an authentic image that is as unique as your fingerprint • Confronting racism and sexism • Boys, sex, and responsibility • Playing to win • Avoiding credit card addiction • Turning dreams into reality Following a format similar to the one in his previous book, and featuring an eight-page color photo insert, Letters to a Young Sisterunfolds as a collection of letters in which Harper delivers straight talk, interspersed with questions answered in the form of e-mails written by well-known, accomplished women. With the voice of an older sibling, Harper offers stirring encouragement in each chapter and captures the spirit he conveys at each of his public-speaking events, whose audiences have ranged from church groups to middle-school students to graduating classes at Harvard, Columbia, and Howard University.

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