Heavy : an American memoir /
Laymon, Kiese,
Heavy : an American memoir / Kiese Laymon. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - xiv, 241 pages ; 22 cm
Prologue: been -- Boy man -- Black abundance -- Home worked -- Addict Americans -- Epilogue: bend.
"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most intimate--a mother-child relationship--to the most universal--a society that has undervalued and abused black bodies for centuries"--
9781501125652 1501125656 9781501125669 1501125664
2018002915
Laymon, Kiese.
Laymon, Kiese--Family.
African Americans--Biography.
Compulsive gamblers--United States--Biography.
Eating disorders--Patients--United States--Biography.
Mother and child--United States.
Autobiographies.
Heavy : an American memoir / Kiese Laymon. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - xiv, 241 pages ; 22 cm
Prologue: been -- Boy man -- Black abundance -- Home worked -- Addict Americans -- Epilogue: bend.
"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most intimate--a mother-child relationship--to the most universal--a society that has undervalued and abused black bodies for centuries"--
9781501125652 1501125656 9781501125669 1501125664
2018002915
Laymon, Kiese.
Laymon, Kiese--Family.
African Americans--Biography.
Compulsive gamblers--United States--Biography.
Eating disorders--Patients--United States--Biography.
Mother and child--United States.
Autobiographies.