SOCIAL SCIENCES

My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children

by Denene Millner
Agate. Mar. 2017. 274p. ISBN 9781572842120. pap. $272; ebk. ISBN 9781572847934. CHILD REARING
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OrangeReviewStarBest-selling author Millner (Dream Girls) here delivers the finest selections from her award-winning blog MyBrownBaby.com, which soulfully and hilariously depicts the delights and sorrows of child rearing from a black perspective. While few blogs on this topic make it to publication, Millner's deserves every prize earned. Her writing is acutely on target. Holding nothing back, and speaking through raw truth, she gives a keen yet grounded take on parenting from the black viewpoint, both educating and validating readers along the way ("Unless you're parenting a little black girl, you have absolutely no earthly idea how exhausting it is to be media whipped for not being a white girl").
VERDICT Millner is on top of every political, media, and cultural front, making her one of the most relevant and aspiring writers on the issue of black parenting. Lucky is the library that lands her for a speaking engagement.
Reviewed by Julianne Smith , Mar 15, 2017
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