Real American : a memoir / Julie Lythcott-Haims.
"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 mo...
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Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2017.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | 272 pages ; 22 cm |
Format: | Book |
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"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." -- From Book jacket. |
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Call Number: | E184.A1 L967 2017 |
ISBN: | 9781250137746 1250137748 |