Kiese Laymon - Heavy

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Produktbeschreibung

" Heavy does what good memoirs do: it takes the personal and makes it universal. It is about the weight we bear—physical and metaphorical—about race and racism, about carving a sense of self in a senseless place. Heavy will not leave you lightly. It will stick. It will hurt. But in a way we need, the way—in this time of hopelessness—that breeds the belief that we can." —Ira Sukrungruang, Kenyon Review "Heavy’s title is appropriate. This book is crushing, and the author is writing to his novel so the memoir feels that much more personal as you go through his life in and out of Jackson, from childhood to adulthood... [it] makes you confront uncomfortable realities about racism in America." —The Summer Evergreen "[ Heavy] explores the impact that lies, secrets and deception have on a black body and family, as well as a nation." —CNE T, "Black Lives Matter: Movies, TV shows and books on systemic racism" "With a story that lives up to its name, this memoir explores the many complex forces at play in Laymon's life growing up as a Black man in Mississippi. Through it all, the author confronts multiple traumas with openness and love, in a book that won't leave your mind anytime soon." —Good Housekeeping "In this harrowing and courageous memoir, Laymon explores the multifold traumas of inhabiting a black body, as seen through the lens of his complicated and abusive upbringing in Jackson, Mississippi. Yet the great miracle of this memoir isn’t its evocation of the Deep South, its exploration of trauma, nor its condemnation of our fat-phobic culture--rather, the great miracle is Laymon’s ability to bear love and light toward all the complicated sources of pain in his life, making for a searing and cathartic read." —Esquire