{"title":"Camille U. Adams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamille U. Adams\u003c\/strong\u003e offers deeply reflective works that explore the complexities of identity and family through the lens of personal experience. Her writing delves into themes of loss and resilience, inviting readers into intimate narratives that resonate with emotional honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e will appreciate Adams' insightful examination of personal history and the nuanced realities of motherhood and womanhood, presented with both candour and grace. Her prose encourages contemplation on the shaping forces of our lives and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-be-unmothered-by-camille-u-adams-9781632063953","title":"How to Be Unmothered","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMapping the fault lines between mother and child—humanity's first and supposedly strongest bond—and with a poet's Homeric vision of her native Trinidad, Camille U. Adams weaves the Caribbean island's history of colonial violence with her own family's legacy of abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the women of Camille U. Adams' family have left their daughters. Some follow the siren call of rum, the centuries-old vice which alighted on Trinidad's shores from European ships. Others flee the behind-closed-doors beatings of husbands, fathers, and brothers, rushing into any arms that offer refuge. Some simply disappear, their passage marked by unkept promises and open wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young girl, Adams finds solace in Trinidad's whispering fever grass, sweet ixora flowers, and the cradling branches of the rose mango tree—all of their roots connecting her to the land's long memory. But where flora gives way to the rank pavement of Covigne Road, gunshots echo and men amass in the doorways of derelict garages, their mouths and hands promising violation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHome offers no safety: just an explosive father, cowed sisters, and a mother whose only reprieve is control. Cloying, suffocating, the maternal embrace threatens to blot out all else. Is it better to be choked, or not to be held at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTormented by her mother's presence and haunted by her absence, Camille U. Adams' dazzling debut, \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Unmothered\u003c\/em\u003e, is a breathtaking account of survival and self-determination, reimagining the meaning of escape, its cost, and what comes after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486117740780,"sku":"9781632063953","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/492a60906fbcb63cc7ca4e0eb89897b3.jpg?v=1775780929"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/camille-u-adams.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}