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Heavy: An American Memoir

Heavy: An American Memoir

Laymon, Kiese

Paperback

Biographies GeneralBlack American Studies

Publisher Price: $19.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 19, 2027

ISBN10: 1668260530
ISBN13: 9781668260531
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Jan 19 2027
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.

*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times*
*Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize*
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed, and more*

The powerful, provocative, award-winning, and universally lauded memoir by genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon.

Defiant and vulnerable, Kiese Laymon's Heavy is a deeply insightful memoir about what the weight of secrets, lies, and deception does to a Black body, a Black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.

From his earliest experiences to middle age, Laymon traces his complex relationships with his family, his weight, sex, gambling, and writing, naming the secrets he spent a lifetime avoiding. In the process, he challenges us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and that even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.

Award-winning and universally lauded, this fearless, often comical, and provocative memoir has pushed the boundaries of its genre.

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