{"product_id":"heart-berries-terese-marie-mailhot","title":"Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whiting Award for Non-Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by Emma Watson as an Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved it' Kate Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astounding' Roxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sledgehammer' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeart Berries\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on an Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalised and facing a dual diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder, Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe triumphant result is \u003ci\u003eHeart Berries\u003c\/i\u003e, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father - an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist - who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemory isn't exact, but melded to imagination. In \u003ci\u003eHeart Berries\u003c\/i\u003e, Mailhot discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, re-establishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTerese Marie Mailhot graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts with an MFA in fiction. \u003ci\u003eHeart Berries\u003c\/i\u003e, her first book, was shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction. She teaches creative writing at Purdue University and resides in West Lafayette, Indiana.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 144 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65891711549789,"sku":"K073416498","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7341649800001A.jpg?v=1789125033","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/heart-berries-terese-marie-mailhot","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}