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Kenya Phifer-Jones has not seen it all nor done it all, but she's
definitely "been there, done that" in many forms, and she's not
afraid to talk candidly about it. Originally written as a guiding
tool for her college-bound God-daughter Bria, Ms. Phifer-Jones
decided to expand her audience to other young ladies and women who
may feel lost, hurt, angry, confused, and uncertain about the daily
trials of life and the many challenges women have to face and deal
with. "To Bria, With Love" speaks from the heart and tells it like
it is on several key topics, ranging from the delicate and
sometimes complicated walk from girlhood to womanhood (she speaks
frankly about issues she faced in childhood, including low
self-esteem, bullying, depression, panic attacks, and "daddy
issues"), self-love and self-acceptance ("you can't worry about who
doesn't "get," accept, or like you, love and embrace YOURSELF"),
spirituality(she speaks honestly about how difficult it was for her
to trust and believe that God wasn't punishing her, but preparing
her), men (they are some bewildering and mysterious creatures but
you gotta love 'em ), love (she speaks openly about having her
heart broken by her first love and how after meeting her husband,
she was able to heal old wounds and courageously love again), and
finally to sex and virginity(how she lost it, when she lost it, why
she lost it, and why it wasn't worth it). Also included in the
book: A detailed bio from 1997 entitled "Butterfly," written at the
age of 22, during a time where she felt she was finally finding her
voice and beginning to heal from years of uncertainty,
self-loathing, and severe depression. In both "To Bria, With Love"
and "Butterfly," Kenya shoots straight from the heart and doesn't
mince words or make apologies for who she is, how she thinks, what
she says, or all she's been through.
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