ðə bˈʊk kɹˈɑːnɪkəlz ðə pˈɔɪntɚ fˈæmɪli ˈɔːɹɪdʒˌɪnz ænd hˈɪstɚɹi æz wˈɛl æz fˈaɪndɪŋ ðɛmsˈɛlvz æz jˈʌŋ blˈæk wˈɪmɪn ɪnðə sˌæn fɹænsˈɪskoʊ bˈeɪ ˈɛɹiə dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə sˈɪvəl ɹˈaɪts ænd blˈæk pˈaʊɚ mˈuːvmənt ʌvðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z.
The book chronicles the Pointer family origins and history as well as finding themselves as young black women in the San Francisco Bay Area during the civil rights and Black Power movement of the late 1960s.