Black is the Body

Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

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Beschreibung

<p><b>A <i>New Statesman</i> essential non-fiction read of 2021</b><br><br><i>'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist</i><b><br><br>"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."</b><br><br>In twelve intensely personal, interconnected essays, Emily Bernard sets out to tell stories from her life that enable her to talk about truth, race, family and relationships, and much more. <br><br>She observes the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and ambushing realities of growing up black in the South with a family name inherited from a white man, of getting a PhD from Yale, of marrying a white man from the North, of adopting two babies from Ethiopia, of teaching at a white college and living in America's New England today.<br><br>Ultimately, she shows us that it is in our shared experience of humanity that we find connection, happiness and hope.<br><br><b>What readers are saying:</b><br>'Perspective changing essays' *****<br>'A page-turner - full of empathy, love, and insight' *****<br>'I raced through this' *****<br>'I loved it' *****<br>'Exquisitely crafted' *****<br>'Essential reading' *****<br>'I couldn't put it down' *****<br>'Beautifully written. A must read for all races' *****<br>'I loved everything about this book' *****</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780857527851

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

214 x 127 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publishers Ltd