We Are Bridges : A Memoir LOWER GRADE goaded by the activism of

goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others

it is a difficult subject to talk about

Their stories are told on street corners and in back alleys

Patrice’s shameful alcoholic father returns home sporadically to terrorize his wife and children and bully her for money

He slept outside and learned to say good-bye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a new town

We Are Bridges : A Memoir LOWER GRADE goaded by the activism ofThis lyrical memoir of late motherhood reconstructs the lost history of a Black American family, defying erasure, intergenerational trauma, and racist violence. "In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancestors story as a backdrop for telling her own. The tradition of Black womens storytelling leaps forward within these pagesinto fresh, daring, and excitingly new territory." Bridgett M. Davis, author