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Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It Architecture and finding peace with theThrough essays with stunning photography, the beloved multimedia storyteller and author of Woman of Color shares the powerful lessons she's learned about creating a home that honors the past and celebrates the future. "[A] hybrid memoir, featuring beautiful images . . . [Yvette] talks about things like dressing the table, and what hour you gather people around it to eat. It reminded me of the rituals of my grandmother, who maintained them in the face