{"title":"Cassandra Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassandra Lane\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts evocative memoirs that bridge personal experience with universal themes. Her writing invites readers to reflect on the complexities of identity, resilience, and connection, often blending intimate storytelling with broader cultural insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect memoirs that are both poignant and thought-provoking, where the power of memory and narrative unfolds with warmth and honesty. Cassandra Lane’s work honours the past while exploring the ways we navigate the present and future.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"we-are-bridges-by-cassandra-lane-9781952177927","title":"We Are Bridges","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lyrical memoir reconstructing the lost history of a Black American family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Cassandra Lane finds herself pregnant at thirty-five, the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood. She moves between the twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles, reimagining the intimate life of her great-grandparents Mary Magdalene Magee and Burt Bridges, and Burt's lynching at the hands of vengeful white men in his southern town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Are Bridges\u003c\/em\u003e turns to creative nonfiction to reclaim a family history from violent erasure so that a mother can gift her child with an ancestral blueprint for their future. Haunting and poetic, this debut traces the strange fruit borne from the roots of personal loss in one Black family—and considers how to take back one's American story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537443078380,"sku":"9781952177927","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d3ff8acfdfa1916bc7d360d1494c3371.jpg?v=1776901244"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/cassandra-lane.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}