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Post-Traumatic (HC) (2022)

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A "violently funny" (Myriam Gurba), "pathologically consumable" (Tommy Pico), "brilliant" (Deesha Philyaw) debut about a young Black Latina lawyer finally confronting her dark past

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.

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Author:
Chantal V. Johnson
ISBN 10:
0316264237
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Publication Date:
April 5, 2022
Binding:
Hardcover

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