Takes More Than Love

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A memoir of racial trauma, marriage, and finding your voice

If Jenn had known her husband’s family before they’d gotten married, there might never have been a wedding at all.

Now she has to confront the reality that her new family holds ignorant—and, at times, racist—views, and that spending time around them triggers her ingrained trauma of growing up Black in the U.S.

Why is it so hard for her to speak out against their prejudice? And, more importantly, what does it mean that her husband is silent in the face of all this?

This transformative memoir follows Jenn as she confronts the past, helps her husband on his own journey to racial awareness, and finds the inner strength to be an advocate for others.

Both harrowing and uplifting, this book is for anyone who has ever been othered, as well as those in close relationships with those from different walks of life. It challenges us all to confront our unconscious bias and seek true reconciliation.

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£4.99

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About The Author

Jenna Winters

Jenna Winters

Jenna lives with her husband and four children in Omaha, ​Nebraska. Whenever she has a spare moment, she can be ​found enjoying a book (she carries one with her everywhere ​she goes). The only thing she loves more than reading is ​traveling. She believes that leaving the comfort zone of one’s ​own community is one of the greatest ways to build empathy ​for other people.

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2 reviews for Takes More Than Love

    Anonymous
    September 4, 2024
    This memoir details the author and her partner's individual and relational journeys towards growth and healing from racial trauma. It is an open and accurate picture of what navigating the nuances of an interracial relationship entails, and it is presented in a way that is always kind in spite of the harshness of the racism that she experienced from her new family. This should be mandatory reading for mental health therapists, new and old alike, as well as for anyone who feels alone and "othered" in their families and communities.
    A.K. Adler
    September 2, 2024
    Compassionate and eye-opening, this memoir is full of heart and hope. It was so inspiring to follow Jenn on her journey, as she not only found reconciliation within her marriage but shows a great example of how to advocate for others. If everyone read this book, the world would be a better place!
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