{"product_id":"an-autobiography-of-skin-paperback","title":"An Autobiography of Skin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLakiesha Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - This magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood \"follows three women whose various traumas haunt them literally and metaphorically, as it explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today\"\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editor's Choice).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAn Autobiography of Skin\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAKIESHA CARR\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and other media. Her writing has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the DC Commission on Arts \u0026amp; Humanities for nonfiction writing, and the Kimbilio Fellowship for fiction writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763848511776,"sku":"9780593466933","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/19b9ffd8cf7b9a58a0a6728d45eed204.webp?v=1780240064","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-autobiography-of-skin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}