Embracing the Fire: Sisters Talk About Sex and Relationships - Softcover

In a round of salty, rowdy, mostly joyous conversations with several "sister friends," African American therapist Julia Boyd shares her own and several other women's truths about sex, relationships, God, and children. "We weren't all in agreement and we didn't have all the answers, but we were talking," she notes. Whether just fooling or dead serious about the day's topic, the women slang each other's fears--and sometimes beliefs--and the tone is warm street jive. Boyd (In the Company of My Sisters) acts as narrator and guide, stitching together disparate pieces and adding earnest bits of information.

A psychotherapist with a clinical practice, Julia A. Boyd is the author of In the Company of My Sisters: Black Women and Self-Esteem, Girlfriend to Girlfriend: Everyday Wisdom and Affirmations from the Sister Circle, and Can I Get a Witness: Black Women and Depression.