{"product_id":"that-mean-old-yesterday-9780743293112","title":"That Mean Old Yesterday","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who survived the foster care system and went on to become an award-winning journalist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a rainy night in November 1999, a shoeless Stacey Patton, promising student at NYU, approached her adoptive parents' house with a gun in her hand. She wanted to kill them. Or so she thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one would ever imagine that the vibrant, smart, and attractive Stacey had a childhood from hell. After all, with God-fearing, house-proud, and hardworking adoptive parents, she appeared to beat the odds. But her mother was tyrannical, and her father turned a blind eye to the years of abuse his wife heaped on their love-starved little girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow in her unforgettable memoir, Stacey links her experience to the legacy of American slavery and successfully frames her understanding of why her good adoptive parents did terrible things to her by realizing they had terrible things done to them. She describes a story of how a typical American family can be undermined by their own effort to be perfect on the surface while denying emotional wounds inflicted--even generations before--that were never allowed to heal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnflinching and powerfully written, \u003ci\u003eThat Mean Old Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately brings light and gives a voice to children who have experienced mistreatment at the hands of those who are meant to help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStacey Patton is currently a graduate student pursuing her PhD in history at Rutgers University. She is also a professor at Montclair State University. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScholastic\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and is the recipient of numerous journalism awards and academic honors. She resides in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176221475090,"sku":"9780743293112","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3172e84f-3889-46a3-8948-8eefabbcba7c.jpg?v=1744296428","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/that-mean-old-yesterday-9780743293112","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}