Her writing is beautiful and truly embraces readers.' -Jennifer Baker, editor of Everyday People: The Color of Life 'We Are Bridges is a groundbreaking, lyrical patchwork of historical research, imagined pasts and futures, and personal narrative that tethers together multiple generations of the Bridges family, multiple generations of trauma borne from slavery, and multiple simultaneous truths.

Davis, author of The World According to Fannie Davis 'Cassandra Lane approaches motherhood, generational trauma, and hope (and fear) for the future from a multitude of angles in a personal story that is utterly captivating. Lane's compelling voice couldn't be more timely.' -Bridgett M. She renders each interior life with such tenderness and toughness that the tradition of black women's storytelling leaps forward within these pages-into fresh, daring and excitingly new territory. Her heartfelt memoir will stay with you.' -YZ Chin, author of Though I Get Home, 'In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancestor's story as a backdrop for telling her own. It is a story that has not yet been told and one that many will feel in their cells and bones.' -KaeLyn Rich, executive director, Bitch Media 'In We Are Bridges, Cassandra Lane boldly investigates the connections between transgenerational trauma, personal love, and the burden of memory.

'In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancestor's story as a backdrop for telling her own.

We Are Bridges by Cassandra Lane