Post-traumatic
Note: Discount inventory sales are final. Discounted books may have shelf wear, markings, stickers, or other cosmetic imperfections.
Can Vivian live ecstatically, after what has been done to her?
To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story--a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood--compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama.
For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, Jane. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her?
A debut from a stunning talent, Post-traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. With razor-sharp prose and mordant wit, Chantal V. Johnson performs an extraordinary feat, delivering a psychologically astute story about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.
Product Details
- Hardcover
- 320 pages
- ISBN
- 9780316264235
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company (4/5/22)
- Dimensions
- 6 x 0.5 x 9.3 inches
- Tags
Tags
bipoc representation, black protagonist, latinx representation, new york