Real American : a memoir /
"Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African American father and a white Briti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
St. Martin's Griffin,
2018.
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| Edition: | First St Martin's Griffin Edition. |
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| Summary: | "Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called microaggressions, in addition to blunt-force insults, can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims's path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other."--Page [4] of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "First published by Henry Holt and Company" -- Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 272 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 1250296730 9781250296733 |