{"product_id":"that-reminds-me-paperback","title":"That Reminds Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Owusu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is the story of K. If you\u003cbr\u003ebelieve your life to be as fictitious as K's, if you find yourself within the\u003cbr\u003epages of this book, then you are holding the pen and not me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAttachments\u003cbr\u003eare broken at birth. Shards slide apart. K: a child put into foster care, a boy\u003cbr\u003ebrought back to the city, a man who must fight to make sense of his past. Is\u003cbr\u003ethere hope to be found in a broken mind? Can the pieces of a life come together\u003cbr\u003eto reveal an image that's steady? Episodic, fragmented, full of poetry's coiled\u003cbr\u003epower, \u003ci\u003eThat Reminds Me\u003c\/i\u003e is the story\u003cbr\u003eof one young man remembering. It's an entreaty to a lost culture, and a fight\u003cbr\u003efor love, for family, and for the respite of fixed identity. And\u003cbr\u003ein its searing and delicate questionings--of belonging, addiction, sexuality, \u003cbr\u003eviolence, mental health, and religion--\u003ci\u003eThat\u003cbr\u003eReminds Me \u003c\/i\u003efirmly places Derek Owusu amongst the brightest British writers\u003cbr\u003eof today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster from north London. He discovered his passion for literature at the age of twenty-three while studying exercise science at university. Unable to afford a change of degree, Derek began reading voraciously and sneaking into English Literature lectures at the University of Manchester. Derek edited and contributed to \u003ci\u003eSafe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThat Reminds Me\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, won the 2020 Desmond Elliott Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766263775520,"sku":"9781913505554","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/afc4616f962ead12fff07f5bfbdc04b4.webp?v=1780288687","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/that-reminds-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}