{"product_id":"an-autobiography-of-skin-9780593466933","title":"An Autobiography of Skin","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625440710930,"sku":"9780593466933","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_641f27fd-87fe-4d33-869e-534acf01a36b.jpg?v=1732629404","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-autobiography-of-skin-9780593466933","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}