{"product_id":"women-we-buried-women-we-burned-a-memoir-9781639734078","title":"Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Title of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Snyder shows us how to summon the courage to imagine in a cruel and dangerous world. A beautiful book.\" -Patrick Radden Keefe, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRogues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeous memoir that parses the patriarchy with an endearing frankness as fierce as it is, astonishingly, forgiving.\" -Beth Macy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDopesick \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRaising Lazarus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues that impact women's lives. \u003ci\u003eWomen We Buried, Women We Burned \u003c\/i\u003eis her own story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen eight-year-old Rachel's mother died, her distraught father thrust the family into extreme evangelicalism. After a childhood marked by silent rage, teenage Rachel became outwardly furious. She was expelled from school and home at age sixteen. Living out of her car and relying on strangers, Rachel found herself masquerading as an adult, talking her way into college, and eventually traveling the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurvival became her reporter's beat. In places like India, Tibet, Niger, and Cambodia, she witnessed those who had been through the unimaginable choosing hope over despair. She returned to the States more appreciative of complexity, more generous, and open to the healing that would come from a most unexpected place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Louise Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFugitive Denim\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eWhat We've Lost is Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Visible Bruises\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Book of the Year, winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, the Hillman Prize, and the Helen Bernstein Book Award, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, LA Times Book Prize, and Kirkus Award. A Guggenheim Fellow, Snyder is a Professor of Creative Writing and Journalism at American University. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614711386386,"sku":"9781639734078","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9ef028b-848a-4ca4-8c7c-28c10f2484a2.jpg?v=1732457623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/women-we-buried-women-we-burned-a-memoir-9781639734078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}