Sassy, intimate, and full of wisdom and practical insights, "In the Company of My Sisters" is the first book by a Black psychotherapist to address the issue of self-esteem in Black women's lives. Julia A. Boyd has drawn from a wealth of experience--her own and that of her "sister circle"--to take a hard and honest look at the realities and issues Black women face. "I wrote this book to validate and celebrate who we are, " Julia Boyd has said. "We have been the recipients of many distorted messages about our ethnicity and our femaleness