- New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Women poets, Poets, biography
At nineteen, the author's world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls of life and death in the aftermath of unimaginable trauma.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and overwhelming.
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Natasha Trethewey
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing, OLIVIER, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781408840023
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