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Harper

9780063322080

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Love, Rita

Bridgett M. Davis’ riveting and heartbreaking memoir Love, Rita is a homage to her sister and a sober reflection on the devastating impact that medical racism has on Black women.

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Review of ‘Love, Rita’

An acclaimed novelist, memoirist and filmmaker, Bridgett M. Davis is the author of the award-winning memoir The World According to Fannie Davis, which chronicled the life of her entrepreneurial mother. Her second memoir, Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss and Legacy, is a riveting and often heartbreaking portrait of Davis’ beloved older…

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