Elaine Brown

Praise for A Taste of Power

Honest, funny, subjective, unsparing, and passionate ... A Taste of Power weaves autobiography and political history into a story that fascinates and illuminates

The Washington Post

A stunning picture of a black woman's coming of age in America. Put it on the shelf beside The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Kirkus

What Elaine Brown writes is so astonishing, at times it is even difficult to believe she survived it. And yet she did, bringing us that amazing light of the black woman's magical resilience, in the gloominess of our ...

Alice Walker

Honest, funny, subjective, unsparing, and passionate ... A Taste of Power weaves autobiography and political history into a story that fascinates and illuminates

The Washington Post

A stunning picture of a black woman's coming of age in America. Put it on the shelf beside The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Kirkus

What Elaine Brown writes is so astonishing, at times it is even difficult to believe she survived it. And yet she did, bringing us that amazing light of the black woman's magical resilience, in the gloominess of our ...

Alice Walker

Honest, funny, subjective, unsparing, and passionate ... A Taste of Power weaves autobiography and political history into a story that fascinates and illuminates

The Washington Post

A stunning picture of a black woman's coming of age in America. Put it on the shelf beside The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Kirkus

What Elaine Brown writes is so astonishing, at times it is even difficult to believe she survived it. And yet she did, bringing us that amazing light of the black woman's magical resilience, in the gloominess of our ...

Alice Walker