Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
Imani PerryThe New York Times calls Breathe “an elixir of history, ancestry & compassion, which, together, become instruction…a parent’s unflinching demand, born of inherited trauma & love, for her children’s right simply to be possible.”
Breathe offers a broad meditation on race, gender, & the meaning of a life well lived as well as an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance & resilience.
Explores the terror, grace, & beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America & what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world.
“Imani Perry combines rigor & heart, and the result is a magic mirror showing us who we are, how we got here, & who we may become.” — Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
“Breathe is the first book I’ve ever needed to read out loud with my mother.” — Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy
“Offers a lyrical meditation that connects a painful, proud history of African American struggle with a clarion call for present-day action to protect, defend, & celebrate the promise of the next generation” — Stacey Abrams, founder & chair of Fair Fight Action, Inc.