Overview
One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harperās Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more.
āPeople donāt just happen,ā writes Saeed Jones. āWe sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The āIā it seems doesnāt exist until we are able to say, āI am no longer yours.āā
Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescenceāinto tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one anotherāand to one anotherāas we fight to become ourselves.
An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style thatās as beautiful as it is powerfulāa voice thatās by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.
This book title, How We Fight for Our Lives (A Memoir), ISBN: 9781501132742, by Saeed Jones, published by Simon & Schuster (July 7, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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