{"product_id":"9781408840207-memorial-drive","title":"Memorial Drive","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Daughter's Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A meditation on race, and class, and grief . Uplifting, but just wrenching' BARACK OBAMA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing' Thandiwe Newton\u003cbr\u003e‘As gripping as any thriller’ \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A masterpiece’ Elizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Powerful’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeartbreakingly clear-eyed and tender, \u003ci\u003eMemorial Drive\u003c\/i\u003e is a daughter’s act of love – and an unflinching excavation of the wounds that never heal. For as Trethewey tells her story, and reclaims her mother’s, she lays bare the indelible scars of slavery and racism on the soul of a troubled nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Sheer artistry . Trethewey’s masterpiece suggests that the greatest act of defiance a black person can do is to remember’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943937388641,"sku":"9781408840207","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31301840.jpg?v=1731573403","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408840207-memorial-drive","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}