{"product_id":"real-american-a-memoir","title":"Real American: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless debut memoir in which beloved and bestselling \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise an Adult\u003c\/i\u003e author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a black woman in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Courageous, achingly honest.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Michelle Alexander, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elindness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing 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 \"micro\" aggressions in addition to blunt force insults can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. \u003ci\u003eReal American\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling anti-helicopter parenting manifesto \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise an Adult\u003c\/i\u003e, Lythcott-Haims has written a different sort of book this time out, but one that will nevertheless resonate with the legions of students, educators and parents to whom she is now well known, by whom she is beloved, and to whom she has always provided wise and necessary counsel about how to embrace and nurture their best selves. \u003ci\u003eReal American\u003c\/i\u003e is an affecting memoir, an unforgettable cri de coeur, and a clarion call to all of us to live more wisely, generously and fully.","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48108840648893,"sku":"BS-TC0-296733","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781250296733-HD.jpg?v=1787008822","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/real-american-a-memoir","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}