An Autobiography of Skin

A Novel

An Autobiography of Skin
Lakiesha Carr
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Hardback
h235 x 156mm - 256pg
28 Feb 2023 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780593316535
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Heat. Fire. Rain so blue. The blackness. The color of our hue. A magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood: the grief that is carried within the body and the bonds of love that grant strength. "Powerful in its love for the generations of Black women at its heart. . . Lakiesha Carr unspools her stories with a patient fearlessness, venturing into unexpected places and unique perspectives to fully illuminate them. " -Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal and Nev A middle-aged woman feed slots at a secret, back-room parlor. A new mother descends into a devastating postpartum depression, wracked with the fear that she is unable to protect her children. A daughter returns home to join the other women in her family waging spiritual combat with the ghosts of their past. An Autobiography of Skin is a dazzling and masterful portrait of interconnected generations in the South from a singular new voice, offering a raw and tender view into the interior lives of Black women. It is at once a powerful look at how experiences are carried inside the body, inside the flesh and skin, and a joyous testament to how healing can be found within-in love, mercy, gratitude, and freedom.
LAKIESHA CARR graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and received her MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was awarded a Maytag Fellowship for Excellence in Fiction and a Jeff and Vicki Edwards Post-graduate Fellowship in Fiction. A journalist and writer from East Texas, she has held various editorial and production positions with CNN, The New York Times, and other media. Her writing has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities for nonfiction writing, and the Kimbilio Fellowship for fiction writing.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593316535
Published: 28 Feb 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Pantheon
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 523g
Pages: 256

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