Bones of Belonging
Finding Wholeness in a White World

Important and essential reading for everyone. Also this just left me desperate for a debut fiction novel from Annahid at some point in her writing career!......more

This book was recommended to me by a friend after I shared a new insight about why I felt so different in my body during a queer immersive experience. The necessary ingredients for that is safety, being seen and belonging. Reading this book did not deepen my insight into my experience, but it did de......more

Personal and touching essays on the experience of being an immigrant woman of color, constantly questioning whether one's experience would be different as a native with different skin. The cultural narrative becomes internalized, such that one rejects oneself, and doesn't even question the values an......more

I’m a Black 20something who’s been studying, working and living in the equity space for most of my life. One of my biggest frustrations in equity work has been and continues to be the lack of humanity afforded to marginalized folks even in liberal spaces. You’re so often spoken about as a theory or......more

I'm impressed by this author's grasp of the complex issues of equity, diversity and inclusion, her devotion to the cause of educating on all that in a workplace setting through the consulting firm she runs with her husband Shakil. I felt that Bones of Belonging read very memoir-ish and so was surpri......more