{"product_id":"9780349702469-post-traumatic","title":"Post-Traumatic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUtterly compelling literary fiction about survival, hope and second chances\u003cbr\u003eA striking, psychologically astute debut about the aftermath of trauma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters I've read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. Reading \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e feels like an illicit thrill.' Dawnie Walton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Final Revival of Opal \u0026amp; Nev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the outside observer, \u003cb\u003eVivian\u003c\/b\u003e is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and after-effects of her bad childhood, compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black, Latinx woman living in a white society. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple train ride a heart-pounding drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humour and smoking weed with her best friend, \u003cb\u003eJane\u003c\/b\u003e. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill she find a way to repair what matters most to her?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA debut from a stunning talent, \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. Readers who loved \u003ci\u003eOpen Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e will adore this razor-sharp book about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat people are saying about \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDeeply original\u003c\/b\u003e, socially important, psychologically revelatory, \u003cb\u003epropulsively\u003c\/b\u003e and idiosyncratically readable. \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e a gem\u003c\/b\u003e.' Elif Batuman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eStunning and riotous\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. Johnson's delicious, meticulous prose delivers such \u003cb\u003eintimacy and hilarity on the page, I laughed and cried all the way through\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a raw, brilliant, and unforgettable debut. \u003cb\u003eI love everything about it!\u003c\/b\u003e' Deesha Philyaw, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eChantal V. Johnson has \u003cb\u003eblessed\u003c\/b\u003e us with a \u003cb\u003ecool, stylish, and violently funny\u003c\/b\u003e novel about survival. It \u003cb\u003emade me smile, laugh, cringe, shiver, and think\u003c\/b\u003e. Like life, \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is richly triggering and \u003cb\u003ehighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e.' Myriam Gurba, author of \u003ci\u003eMean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Post-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is swift, caustic, \u003cb\u003echarismatic\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, terrifying, and \u003cb\u003eso incredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e. It learns and unlearns itself continually, propelled by a restless main character whose gaze withers the world, the reader, and more achingly, herself. Johnson composes such precise, \u003cb\u003epathologically consumable prose that I couldn't stop reading\u003c\/b\u003e, even if it was the way I'd watch a scary movie: through my fingers.' 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