Bone Black: The undiscovered memoir from the author of the cult classic ALL ABOUT LOVE

About the Book

One of bell hooks' foundational works introduced to the UK for the first time.

'With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell hooks weaves a girlhood memoir you won't be able to put down?or forget. Bone Black takes us into the cave of self-creation' Gloria Steinem

Stitching together the threads of her girlhood memories, bell hooks shows us one strong-spirited child's journey toward becoming the pioneering writer we know. Along the way, hooks sheds light on the vulnerability of children, the special unfurling of female creativity and the imbalance of a society that confers marriage's joys upon men and its silences on women.

In a world where daughters and fathers are strangers under the same roof, and crying children are often given something to cry about, hooks uncovers the solace to be found in solitude, the comfort to be had in the good company of books.

Bone Black allows us to bear witness to the awakening of a legendary author's awareness that writing is her most vital breath.

About the Author :
bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952, was an American author. When she died in 2021, hooks left behind a lifetime of thought that was decades ahead of its time, including the New York Times bestseller All About Love: New Visions. A professor of English, African and Afro-American studies, American literature, and women's studies, hooks taught at USC, Yale and Berea College in Kentucky, where the bell hooks centre was established to honour her work. Winner of the American Book Award in 1991 for Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics, a 2000 nominee for the NAACP's Image Award, a 2018 inductee into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame, and one of Time's 100 Women of the Year in 2020, hooks left her mark in every ?eld she entered.

Yomi Adegoke is a multi-award-winning journalist and author. She is currently a columnist at the Guardian, a contributing editor at Elle magazine and is the former host of the Women's Fiction Prize podcast. In 2018, she co-wrote the bestselling book Slay In Your Lane and the same year was named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. She also was awarded the Groucho Maverick and Marie Clare Future Shaper awards. In 2021, she was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and in 2023 she was awarded a GQ Man of the Year award. Her debut novel The List was a Sunday Times Bestseller.

Review :
With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and the truth of experience, bell hooks weaves a girlhood memoir you won't be able to put down―or forget. Bone Black takes us into the cave of self-creation.