My Grandmother's Hands Book Club Guide

My Grandmother's Hands Book Club Guide. Racialized trauma and the mending of our bodies and hearts “all of this suggests that one of the best things each of us can do—not only for ourselves, but also for our children and grandchildren—is to metabolize our pain and heal our trauma. Assaulting the black heart, chapter 6:

The purpose of my grandmother's hands: The false fragility of the white body, chapter 8. Did you have to force yourself to get through it or were you unable to put it down?

Posted september 21, 2017 | reviewed by ekua hagan

Book testifies to the power of the arts to heal her own life traumas, both historical and more recent. We meet in a private facebook group and chat about a new book every month. Our next book club series will begin later this year in november 2021. Trauma my grandmother’s hands the book brigade talks to family therapist resmaa menakem.