{"product_id":"book-g8e8","title":"Invisible Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable coming-of-age memoir about a Black boy adopted into a white, Christian fundamentalist family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePunch Me Up to the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSurviving the White Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA  powerful, experiential journey from white cult to Black consciousness:  Harrison Mooney’s riveting story of self-discovery lifts the curtain on  the trauma of transracial adoption and the internalized antiblackness at  the heart of the white evangelical Christian movement.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInspired by Ralph Ellison’s \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e the same way Ta-Nehisi Coates’s \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/i\u003e was inspired by James Baldwin, Harrison Mooney’s debut memoir will  captivate readers with his powerful gift for storytelling, his keen eye  for insight and observation, and his wry sense of humor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs an  adopted and homeschooled Black boy with ADHD at white fundamentalist  Christian churches and tent revivals, Mooney was raised amid a swirl of  conflicting and confusing messages and beliefs. Within that radical and  racist right-wing bubble along the U.S. border in Canada's Bible Belt,  Harrison was desperate to belong and to be \"visible\" to those around  him.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut before ultimately finding his own path, Harrison must  first come to understand that the forces at work in his life were not  supernatural, but the same trauma and systemic violence that has  terrorized Black families for generations. Reconnecting with his birth  mother--and understanding her journey--leads Harrison to a new  connection with himself: \u003ci\u003ethe eyes looking down were my true mother’s  eyes, and the face was my true mother’s face, and for the first time in  my life, I saw that I was beautiful.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49324331237680,"sku":"BDg8e8","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g8e8-cover.jpg?v=1761369143","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g8e8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}