Heavy : an American memoir / Kiese Laymon.

By:

Laymon, Kiese

Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: xiv, 241 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781501125652 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Autobiographies.

DDC classification:

813/.6 B 23

LOC classification:

PS3612.A959 Z46 2018

Contents:

Prologue: been -- Boy man -- Black abundance -- Home worked -- Addict Americans -- Epilogue: bend.

Summary: "Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most intimate--a mother-child relationship--to the most universal--a society that has undervalued and abused black bodies for centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most intimate--a mother-child relationship--to the most universal--a society that has undervalued and abused black bodies for centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Prologue: been -- Boy man -- Black abundance -- Home worked -- Addict Americans -- Epilogue: bend.

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