Overview
āHeartfelt, emotionally charged reflections . . . [a] bracing memoir.āāKirkus Review
āImportant. Riveting. Unforgettable . . . a profoundly captivating story that can profoundly change your own story.āāAnn Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of WayMaker
Born White in the heart of Zululand during the racial apartheid, Lisa-Jo Baker longed to write a new future for her childrenāa longing that set her on a journey to understand where she fit into a story of violence and faith, history and race. Before marriage and motherhood, she came to the United States to study to become a human rights advocate. When she naĆÆvely walked right into Americaās own turbulent racial landscape, Baker experienced the kind of painful awakening that is both individual and universal, personal and social. Yet years would go by before she traced this American trauma back to her own South African past.
Baker was a teenager when her mother died of cancer, leaving her with her father. Though they shared a language of faith and justice, she often feared him, unaware that his fierce temper had deep roots in a familyās and a nationās pain. Decades later, old wounds reopened when she found herself spiraling into a terrifying version of her father, screaming herself hoarse at her son. Only then did Baker realize that to go forwardāto refuse to repeat the sins of our fathersāwe must first go back.
With a story that stretches from South Africaās outback to Washington, D.C., It Wasnāt Roaring, It Was Weeping is a courageous look at inherited hurts and prejudices, and a hope-filled example for all who feel lost in life or worried that theyāre too off course to make the necessary corrections. Bakerās story shows that itās never too late to be free.
This book title, It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping (Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories), ISBN: 9780525652861, by Lisa-Jo Baker, published by The Crown Publishing Group (May 7, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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