{"product_id":"fire-shut-up-in-my-bones-9780544570115","title":"Fire Shut Up in My Bones","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book Lambda Literary Award Winner Long-listed for the PEN Open Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charles Blow is the James Baldwin of our age.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Blade\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[An] exquisite memoir . . . Delicately wrought and arresting.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniversally praised on its publication, \u003cem\u003eFire Shut Up in My Bones\u003c\/em\u003e is a pioneering journalist's indelible coming-of-age tale. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charles M. Blow's mother was a fiercely driven woman with five sons, brass knuckles in her glove box, and a job plucking poultry at a factory near their segregated Louisiana town, where slavery's legacy felt close. When her philandering husband finally pushed her over the edge, she fired a pistol at his fleeing back, missing every shot, thanks to \"love that blurred her vision and bent the barrel.\" Charles was the baby of the family, fiercely attached to his \"do-right\" mother. Until one day that divided his life into Before and After--the day an older cousin took advantage of the young boy. The story of how Charles escaped that world to become one of America's most innovative and respected public figures is a stirring, redemptive journey that works its way into the deepest chambers of the heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stunning . . . Blow's words grab hold of you . . . [and] lead you to a place of healing.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEssence\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The memoir of the year.\" -- A. V. Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES M. BLOW has been a columnist at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e since 2008 and has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, Fox New, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and HBO. He lives in Brooklyn with his three children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614444392722,"sku":"9780544570115","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89e95834-d45b-499d-8c70-250f8e595d25.jpg?v=1732444370","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones-9780544570115","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}