The Best Kind of Loving: A Black Woman's Guide to Finding Intimacy

Grant, a psychologist, sex educator and advice columnist for Essence, here offers sensible, inspiring suggestions to help African American women better understand the cultural differences between black men and women, and better understand their own attitudes about their ``brothers'' so they might communicate more effectively and form long-lasting relationships with them. The author emphasizes exercising independence, forming friendships with other women of color, drawing strength from family and the community and reclaiming African traditions in order to lead fulfilling lives, even if remaining single. Practical, insightful and loaded with case histories, this guide should be of great interest to black women who feel they are ``nothing'' without a man. $85,000 ad/ promo; Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternates; author tour. (Feb.)