Reading Time: 10 minutesYear of publication: 1993Genre: Nonfiction – self-help; Black feminist thought/essaysCountry: United States Introduction This book is the self-help book I never knew I needed. As a genre, I don’t tend to read self-help books, but I read this book for an article I was writing. In the end, I was glad I did, because this book was for me too. Much of the time, it felt like bell hooks was addressing me personally, either speaking about my childhood, my work life, and my life as a mother. I loved how she wrote that choosing wellness is a political act, mainly because I am emerging from a long…