{"product_id":"9781913348229-shame-on-me","title":"Shame On Me","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea memoir of race and belonging\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNON-FICTION WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE AND A FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to belong?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll her life, Tessa McWatt has been asked, ‘What are you?’ Born in Guyana to a family with Scottish, African, French, Chinese, Indian, Portuguese, and Native American heritage, she grew up in a white suburb, out of place, longing to fit in. As an adult, she moved to the UK, still pursued by questions about her identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal reckoning with race and belonging, Tessa interweaves her own experiences as a mixed-race woman with a stark and unvarnished history of slavery and indenture, as well as observations on literature and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis powerful memoir of being mixed race in a predominantly white society is a necessary exploration of who and what we truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535962906998,"sku":"9781913348229","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28272686.jpg?v=1774283540","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781913348229-shame-on-me","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}