{"product_id":"book-dmtj","title":"Aftershocks","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, this “gorgeous” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice) and deeply felt literary memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu tells the “incredible story” (Malala Yousafzai) about the push and pull of belonging, the seismic emotional toll of family secrets, and the heart it takes to pull through.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, AND \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Nadia Owusu followed her father, a United Nations official, from Europe to Africa and back again. Just as she and her family settled into a new home, her father would tell them it was time to say their goodbyes. The instability wrought by Nadia’s nomadic childhood was deepened by family secrets and fractures, both lived and inherited. Her Armenian American mother, who abandoned Nadia when she was two, would periodically reappear, only to vanish again. Her father, a Ghanaian, the great hero of her life, died when she was thirteen. After his passing, Nadia’s stepmother weighed her down with a revelation that was either a bombshell secret or a lie, rife with shaming innuendo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith these and other ruptures, Nadia arrived in New York as a young woman feeling stateless, motherless, and uncertain about her future, yet eager to find her own identity. What followed, however, were periods of depression in which she struggled to hold herself and her siblings together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A magnificent, complex assessment of selfhood and why it matters” (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eAftershocks \u003c\/i\u003edepicts the way she hauled herself from the wreckage of her life’s perpetual quaking, the means by which she has finally come to understand that the only ground firm enough to count on is the one written into existence by her own hand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Full of narrative risk and untrammeled lyricism” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eAftershocks\u003c\/i\u003e joins the likes of\u003ci\u003e Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e and William Styron’s \u003ci\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e, and does for race identity what Maggie Nelson does for gender identity in \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346930901296,"sku":"BDdmtj","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346930934064,"sku":"10dmtj","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dmtj-cover.jpg?v=1768535372","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dmtj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}