BROKE THE BONDAGE - A Memoir of a Black Queer Man: Unshackled, Unhidden, Unapologetic
What’s it about?
A powerful memoir where Lenwood explores his journey through trauma, identity, and healing as a Black queer man while offering insights into culturally responsive care.
Additional Details:
Broke the Bondage is a powerful memoir by Lenwood, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and advocate for culturally responsive care. With unflinching honesty and lyrical precision, Lenwood shares his journey through trauma, identity, and healing—offering readers not just a story, but a mirror.
From childhood wounds to professional breakthroughs, this memoir traces the path from silence to self-acceptance. Lenwood explores the emotional toll of survival, the necessity of boundaries, and the transformative power of voice. His reflections are grounded in both lived experience and clinical insight, making this book a rare blend of vulnerability and wisdom.
Written through the lens of a Black, queer clinician and survivor, Broke the Bondage speaks to those navigating intersectional healing—where race, sexuality, and trauma converge. Whether you're reclaiming your own story or seeking deeper understanding, this memoir offers:
• A raw and reflective account of trauma and resilience
• Insight into culturally responsive, trauma-informed care
• A blueprint for reclaiming identity, voice, and emotional truth
With warmth, clarity, and radical vulnerability, Lenwood invites readers into a journey of reflection, resilience, and becoming.
Lenwood is a clinical social worker, memoirist, and advocate for healing through narrative.
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“Prepare to be inspired. There is so much bravery, resilience & lessons to learn from this memoir. Nobody can deny the power of Lenwood’s story. I recommend to book to anyone in any community to be reminded of the power of resilience, reflection, and self-acceptance.”
“An incredible memoir of survival against seemingly insurmountable obstacles. A story of living, thriving and even succeeding beyond imagination! Thank you Lenwood for your honest, raw, vulnerable storytelling and letting us intimately into your experiences. You transformed your pain into strength and have dedicated your life to helping others heal as you have. You truly are an inspiration to us all!”
“Amazing real raw book of change healing, a book that sheds light and is vulnerable that helps others know they be vulnerable. Healing is possible.”
“If the story of this man’s life were pitched to a movie producer, it would likely be deemed “too fantastical.”
The array of daunting challenges that Lenwood faced - sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness, incarceration, a difficult mother - not to mention the inherent difficulties of being a gay black man - form a narrative that is compelling, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting [...] This book provides an eye-opening window into a world that many people will never witness [...] Highly recommended.”