Heavy
By
Kiese Laymon
Read by
Kiese Laymon
Release:
10/16/2018
Release:
10/16/2018
Runtime:
6h 18m
Runtime:
6h 18m
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“Heavy is astonishing. Difficult. Intense. Layered. Wow.”
Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author
Finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize
Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
An Elle Magazine Pick of Best Books of 2018
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
The 2018 Audible Pick of Audiobook of the Year
A New York Times audio bestseller
Winner of the 1028 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
Finalist for the 2019 Indies Choice Book Award
A BookPage Top Pick of Audiobooks
*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times*
*Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize*
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed, and more*
The powerful, provocative, award-winning, and universally lauded memoir by genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon.
Defiant and vulnerable, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy is a deeply insightful memoir about what the weight of secrets, lies, and deception does to a Black body, a Black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.
From his earliest experiences to middle age, Laymon traces his complex relationships with his family, his weight, sex, gambling, and writing, naming the secrets he spent a lifetime avoiding. In the process, he challenges us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and that even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.
Award-winning and universally lauded, this fearless, often comical, and provocative memoir has pushed the boundaries of its genre.
*Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize*
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed, and more*
The powerful, provocative, award-winning, and universally lauded memoir by genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon.
Defiant and vulnerable, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy is a deeply insightful memoir about what the weight of secrets, lies, and deception does to a Black body, a Black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.
From his earliest experiences to middle age, Laymon traces his complex relationships with his family, his weight, sex, gambling, and writing, naming the secrets he spent a lifetime avoiding. In the process, he challenges us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and that even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.
Award-winning and universally lauded, this fearless, often comical, and provocative memoir has pushed the boundaries of its genre.
Release:
2018-10-16
2018-10-16
Runtime:
Runtime:
6h 18m
6h 18m
Format:
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781508265818
9781508265832
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster Audio
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