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Post-traumatic: A Novel

By Johnson, Chantal V.

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Post-traumatic: A Novel

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In this story on survival, a young lawyer’s family reunion brings long-buried pain and anger to the surface, threatening her career, her values, and all of her relationships—a story of trauma, healing, and the power of ride-or-die female friendship. To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood—compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama.  For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, Jane. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her?  A debut from a stunning talent, Post-traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. With razor-sharp prose and mordant wit, Chantal V. Johnson performs an extraordinary feat, delivering a psychologically astute story about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.   “Deeply original.” —Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or “Violently funny.” —Myriam Gurba, author of Mean
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2023-03-21
Publication Date:
2023-03-21
Publisher:
Little, Brown Paperbacks
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0316264334
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1050 g
Height:
24.3 cm
Width:
13.8 cm
Thickness:
2.5 cm
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