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It's changing, it's itching, it's stronger, it's... not\u003cbr\u003enormal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo understand her body's metamorphosis, Vern must investigate not just the\u003cbr\u003esecluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanization,\u003cbr\u003emedical experimentation, and genocide that produced it. In the course of\u003cbr\u003ereclaiming her own darkness, Vern learns that monsters aren't just individuals,\u003cbr\u003ebut entire histories, systems, and nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangled\u003cbr\u003ehistory of racism in America and the marginalisation of society's undesirables. 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Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one-the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her people left behind long ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they'll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity-and own who they really are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a song produced by the rap group Clipping for the \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e episode \"We Are In The Future,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Deep \u003c\/i\u003eis vividly original and uniquely affecting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204653908146,"sku":"9781529331738","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529331738_6384d0fe-cfa2-4a86-86e3-d1f47b6f0653.jpg?v=1786022292"},{"product_id":"9781617755880","title":"An Unkindness of Ghosts","description":"For generations, the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. 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