a poetic novel. This novel focuses on healing and explores the releasing and understanding of difficult traumas that some to many Black women have faced. Author Kashya Molineaux, dives deep into multiple forms of trauma, to uncover that we are not what we've been through, but in fact, everything we've been through, we can get through. Overall, "I Know Why Black Girls Cry" connects to the reader, through the understanding that no one is alone. Everyone has a story that deserves, to be heard and understood.