{"product_id":"memorial-drive-a-memoir-by-natasha-trethewey","title":"Memorial Drive A Memoir - By Natasha Trethewey","description":"\u003cp\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'This will be read for many, many years to come as a classic not just of the memoir genre but of contemporary writing' Simon Schama\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The work of a poet. A great poet' Financial Times\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A must-read classic' Mary Karr\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Trethewey writes elegantly, trenchantly, intimately as well about the fraught history of the south and what it means live at the intersection of America's struggle between blackness and whiteness. And what, in our troubled republic, is a subject more evergreen?' Mitchell S. Jackson\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNatasha Trethewey was born in Mississippi in the 60s to a black mother and a white father. When she was six, Natasha's parents divorced, and she and her mother moved to Atlanta. There, her mother met the man who would become her second husband, and Natasha's stepfather.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile she was still a child, Natasha decided that she would not tell her mother about what her stepfather did when she was not there- the quiet bullying and control, the games of cat and mouse. Her mother kept her own secrets, secrets that grew harder to hide as Natasha came of age.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Natasha was nineteen and away at college, her stepfather shot her mother dead on the driveway outside their home.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Memorial Drive is a compelling and searching look at a shared human experience of sudden loss and absence, and a piercing glimpse at the enduring ripple effects of white racism and domestic abuse. Luminous, urgent, and visceral, it cements Trethewey's position as one of the most important voices in America today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished: 2016\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: History\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 235\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDimensions: 240 x 160 mm\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #fd1919;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Natasha Trethewey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39380364656682,"sku":"9781408840023","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-09-16T144926.108.jpg?v=1663303776","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/memorial-drive-a-memoir-by-natasha-trethewey","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}