{"product_id":"im-black-so-you-dont-have-to-be-a-memoir-in-eight-lives-9781787333468","title":"I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn his memoir, Colin Grant explores the black British experience through intimate portraits of his family and himself, revealing the complexities and contradictions of identity and race. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26 January 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memoir told through a series of intimate portraits, which build into a poignant, insightful, and unforgettable testimony of West Indian British experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant is a natural storyteller, compelling and charming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant's most revealing work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm black, so you don't have to be, Colin Grant's uncle Castus used to tell him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Colin, born in Britain to Jamaican parents, things were supposed to be different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf he worked hard and became a doctor, he was told, his race would become invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reality turned out to be very different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a memoir told through a series of intimate intergenerational portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe meet Grant's mother Ethlyn, disappointed by working-class life in Luton, who dreams of returning to Jamaica; his father Bageye, a maverick and small-time ganja dealer with a violent temper; his sister Selma, who refashioned herself as an African princess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach character we meet is navigating their own path. Each life informs Grant's own shifting sense of his identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively, these stories build into a poignant and insightful testimony of the black British experience - an unforgettable exploration of family, identity, race, and generational change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 366g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 145 x 224 x 27 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781787333468\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colin Grant","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44101885788410,"sku":"9781787333468","price":13.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1674824320534_book.jpg?v=1675332224","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/im-black-so-you-dont-have-to-be-a-memoir-in-eight-lives-9781787333468","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}