{"product_id":"men-we-reaped-by-jesmyn-ward-9781408898727","title":"Men We Reaped","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A brutal, moving memoir … Anyone who emerges from America’s black working-class youth with words as fine as Ward’s deserves a hearing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Raw, beautiful and dangerous'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Lavishly endowed with literary craft and hard-earned wisdom'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Time\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eThe beautiful, haunting memoir from Jesmyn Ward, the first woman to win the National Book Award twice\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'And then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped' - Harriet Tubman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e is Jesmyn Ward’s acclaimed memoir that shines a light on the community she comes from in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young black men dear to her, including her beloved brother – to accidents, murder and suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected by identity and place. As Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: the fates of these young men were predetermined by who they were and where they were from, because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Acute and often beautiful'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Haunting'\u003c\/b\u003e - Laurie Penny, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Elegiac, rage-filled, and uncommonly brave'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant book about beauty and death'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Essential'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Burns with brilliance'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Unvarnished and penetrating'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Elle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431591985388,"sku":"9781408898727","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408898727.jpg?v=1774557524","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/men-we-reaped-by-jesmyn-ward-9781408898727","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}