Introduction: Do You Want to Get Well?, by Patrice Gopo 1. Turning the Tides of Friendship, by Dorena Williamson 2. Oluwatomisin's Response: Aggravations, by Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein 3. In Pursuit of a Love That Frees, by Chichi Agorom 4. Quantrilla's Response: The Nice White Woman, by Quantrilla Ard 5. White Women Are the Worst, by Deidra Riggs 6. Paula's Response: White Girl, Please!, by Paula Owens Parker 7. Dear White Women in Black Churches, by Kathryn V.

Stanley 8. Patrice's Response: Places to Begin, by Patrice Gopo 9. Transparency: Observations in Tears and Terror, by Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein 10. Velynn's Response: Silencing Ghosts, Settling into Sisterhood, by Velynn Brown 11. Finding My Way, by Paula Owens Parker 12. Kadeisha's Response: A Hairstory of Finding My Way, by Kadeisha Mariah Bonsu 13. The So-Called Life of Belonging: Discovering the Concept of Friendship through a Historical Lens, by Quantrilla Ard 14. Kathryn's Response: In Search of My Tribe, by Kathryn V.

Stanley 15. Seven Stones, by Patrice Gopo 16. Chichi's Response: Decentering Discomfort in Two Letters, by Chichi Agorom 17. A Closed Forum: Q & A, by Kadeisha Mariah Bonsu 18. Dorena's Response: A Dance in the Morning Light, by Dorena Williamson 19. When You Let Go: Reflections on Misplaced Sisterhood, Double Dutch, and Other Reasons to Drop the Rope, by Velynn Brown 20. Deidra's Response: Rope Burns, by Deidra Riggs Wonder Beyond Wounds: For Every Black Woman and Girl Journeying Toward Healing and Home Acknowledgments Notes About the Contributors About the Editor.