{"title":"Patricia Reid-Merritt","description":"\u003cp\u003ePATRICIA REID-MERRITT is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Social Work and Africana Studies at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey, and the author of the national Blackboard bestseller \u003cem\u003eSister Power: How Phenomenal Black Women Are Rising to the Top\u003c\/em\u003e. Her recent books include \u003cem\u003eRighteous Self-Determination: The Black Social Work Movement in America\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSister Wisdom: 7 Pathways to a Satisfying Life for Soulful Black Women\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSister Power: How Phenomenal Black Women Are Rising to the Top\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReid-Merritt holds a Doctorate of Social Work in Race, Law and Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and has received the Carter G. Woodson\/Mary McLeod Bethune Award from the National Council for Black Studies and the NAACP Freedom Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Reid-Merritt serves as founder and artistic director of Afro-One Dance, Drama and Drum Theatre, Inc., a community-based performing arts organization in southern New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Reid-Merritt’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sister-wisdom-7-pathways-to-a-satisfying-life-for-soulful-black-women","title":"Sister Wisdom: 7 Pathways to a Satisfying Life for Soulful Black Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Absorbing.\" –Booklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reid-Merritt gives us all courage.\" –Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Essence magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of her Blackboard bestseller\u003cem\u003e Sister Power\u003c\/em\u003e, Patricia Reid-Merritt takes a new look at the life journeys of today' s African American women. Based on eye-opening research into African American women at midlife, \u003cem\u003eSister Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the choices that lead to lives of satisfaction for soulful women of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the pathways of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDomestic warriors dedicated to home and family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle-parent professionals taking financial responsibility for their children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependent free floaters at the center of their own lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePassionate soul mates profoundly in love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlissful wonders balancing love, family, career, and personal desire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaithful followers walking in faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoul survivors finding hidden opportunity in times of crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471417248\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Patricia Reid-Merritt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40193640038587,"sku":"9780471417248","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/SisterWisdom_FC_mockup_v2_1629748780_1c5030f6-d709-4bbf-bf60-03866120c0c2.jpg?v=1790965966"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-patricia-reid-merritt.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}