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    I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out
    I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out
    I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out
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    I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out

    By Nika C. Beamon and Bella Depaulo

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    Through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, this account speaks directly to the single black woman's experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the "Baby Mama Syndrome." Women discuss the false expectations they face from men, from families, and from friends as well as reevaluate dating, single home ownership, career choices, having childrenor notand caring for aged parents. Their conclusion: singlehood, whether temporary or permanent, and sometimes challenging, is a fulfilling state.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2009
    ISBN9781569763551
    I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out
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    Nika C. Beamon

    Author Biography: Nika C. Beamon is a TV News Writer/Producer in New York. She pursued a BA in Communications and a BA in Sociology at Boston College in Massachusetts. Beamon has been credited as a reference in the several books on television news and has also won many awards throughout her career including a Peabody Award for ABC News’ coverage of the September 11th Attacks. In 2009, Chicago Review Press published her well-received non-fiction book: I Didn’t Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful, Single Black Women Speak Out. In 2000, she published her first mystery novel, Dark Recesses. In 2002, her second mystery novel, Eyewitness was released.

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