{"product_id":"9780063377875","title":"Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman's Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing","description":"Author: Tara Pringle Jefferson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780063377875\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA self-empowering wellness guide that celebrates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women. \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don’t know where to begin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-care isn’t a trend among Black women; it has always been a throughline in our heritage. Consider Coretta Scott King, who along with fellow activists Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers-Williams, would enjoy “girls’ trips” to take a break from the stress of the Civil Rights Movement. Remember their contemporary Rosa Parks attended (and led) yoga classes while on the front lines for Black rights in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink of the enduring friendship between Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, a sisterhood in which they have leaned on each other for nearly forty years while thriving in the glaring media and entertainment spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture Toni Morrison’s overflowing gardens and lush houseplants she tended while writing classics like \u003cem\u003eBeloved\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bluest Eye.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecall Audre Lord’s enduring declaration written after her second cancer diagnosis: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must \u003c\/em\u003eexplores and expands on this self-care legacy and shows how it can help every Black woman today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Pringle Jefferson excavates the roots of self-care and community care as a sustaining force for generations of Black women and transforms her findings into a blueprint women can follow in their daily lives. A blend of guidebook and journal, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e explores several distinct pillars of wellness, featuring:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch from leading wellness experts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with women aged 19–99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories of personal experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverviews and explanations of each component of self-care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDedicated pages for readers to reflect on each chapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExercises to put wellness into practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEasy-to-follow explanatory graphics and sidebars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its diversity of insights,practical skills and multigenerational focus, \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the millions of Black women who want a less stressful life but don’t know where to begin. \u003cem\u003eBloom How You Must\u003c\/em\u003e gives them the tools they need to improve their health and their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47839636521118,"sku":"HPC-9780063377875","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780063377875.jpg?v=1781076348","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780063377875","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}