Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness Notepads & Notebooks • One of NPR’s “Nonfiction

• One of NPR’s “Nonfiction Books We Love from 2025” • One of Kirkus’s “Best Nonfiction Books of 2025” •

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Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness Notepads & Notebooks • One of NPR’s “NonfictionDear Black woman, you are not alone. God sees you and understands you. Amid a broken world and broken systems, Natasha Smith talks about the grief that is specifically applicable to Black women in the United States and reminds us that there is hope because the kingdom of God is at hand.