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Heavy : an American memoir

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  • Temps de fonctionnement: 06:17 hrs
    Voix de: Kiese Laymon
    Publisher:
    Simon & Schuster Audio, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Laymon, Kiese
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2018
    Summary:

    In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon's experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.

    Original Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster Audio
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781508265818