{"product_id":"living-in-the-black-9781964642901","title":"Living in the Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tiana K. Reeves\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sagga Publishing House LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sagga Publishing House LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this powerful, emotionally resonant exploration of modern womanhood, \u003cem\u003eLiving in the Black\u003c\/em\u003e reframes strength, burnout, and survival through a lens that is both deeply personal and culturally incisive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiana K. Reeves invites readers into the quiet, exhausting spaces where resilience is demanded but rarely replenished-where women, especially Black women, are praised for carrying more than they should and shamed for needing rest. Through the striking metaphor of a \u003cem\u003elife ledger\u003c\/em\u003e, Reeves exposes the unseen costs of overfunctioning: emotional labor that goes unpaid, intuition ignored, boundaries crossed, and identities slowly eroded in the name of being \"strong.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter traces the debits that quietly accumulate across careers, motherhood, relationships, and inherited expectations-and the radical credits required to restore balance. From corporate boardrooms to single-parent households, from cultural wisdom passed down to self-trust hard won, \u003cem\u003eLiving in the Black\u003c\/em\u003e gives language to what so many women feel but struggle to articulate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a manifesto for hustling harder or enduring more. It is a reckoning. A call to recognize when strength becomes self-abandonment-and an invitation to step out of emotional overdraft and into sustainability, clarity, and wholeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith warmth, honesty, and lived authority, \u003cem\u003eLiving in the Black\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the myth that depletion is the price of success. It asks a necessary question: \u003cstrong\u003eWhat if survival wasn't the goal-what if sustainability was?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book speaks to readers who crave depth beneath self-help-where insight is earned, not prescribed, and healing begins with awareness. It opens space for conversation about burnout, cultural silence, and the courage it takes to choose yourself in systems that benefit from your exhaustion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTarget Audience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdults (18+)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen navigating career, motherhood, leadership, and identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of personal development, cultural commentary, and emotionally grounded nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCore Themes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurnout and emotional labor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cost of overfunctioning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack womanhood and cultural expectations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoundaries, rest, and self-trust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSustainability vs. survival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReclaiming agency and personal worth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving in the Black\u003c\/em\u003e resonates with readers of \u003cem\u003eRest Is Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSet Boundaries, Find Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUntamed\u003c\/em\u003e, offering a culturally specific yet universally relevant framework for understanding burnout and reclaiming balance. Its life-ledger metaphor makes it especially compelling for book clubs, leadership discussions, women's circles, and wellness spaces. Grounded in lived experience and cultural insight, this book doesn't just validate exhaustion-it shows readers how to stop normalizing it and start living in the black.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sagga Publishing House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47568757096599,"sku":"9781964642901","price":2612.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781964642901.webp?v=1774870617","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/living-in-the-black-9781964642901","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}