Riverhead Hardcover, April 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's alter ego, the outspoken, worldly wise grandmother Madea, shares her thoughts on life, love, and everyone around her. Clean & solid without markings in like dust jacket. Complete number line. Inscribed on title page by Perry: 'Be Black Tyler'. More about Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life