{"product_id":"9781408898727","title":"Men We Reaped : A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward","description":"_______________'A brutal, moving memoir . Anyone who emerges from America's black working-class youth with words as fine as Ward's deserves a hearing' - Guardian'Raw, beautiful and dangerous' - New York Times Book Review'Lavishly endowed with literary craft and hard-earned wisdom' - Time_______________The beautiful, haunting memoir from Jesmyn Ward, the first woman to win the National Book Award twice'And then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped' - Harriet TubmanJesmyn Ward's acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young black men dear to her, including her beloved brother - to accidents, murder and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected by identity and place. As Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: the fates of these young men were predetermined by who they were and where they were from,  because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck.   The agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own.   _______________'Acute and often beautiful' - Financial Times'Haunting' - Laurie Penny, New Statesman Books of the Year'Elegiac, rage-filled, and uncommonly brave' - Vogue'A brilliant book about beauty and death' - Los Angeles Times'Essential' - San Francisco Chronicle'Burns with brilliance' - Harper's Bazaar'Unvarnished and penetrating' - Elle\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299083825525,"sku":"9781408898727","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781408898727.jpg?v=1762784855","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781408898727","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}