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"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most intimate--a mother-child relationship--to the most universal--a society that has undervalued and abused black bodies for centuries"--
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Patients, Family, African Americans, Mother and child, Compulsive gamblers, Biography, Eating disorders, African americans, biography, Compulsive gambling, New York Times reviewed, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Gambling, Mother-Child Relations, Humans, HISTORY / United States / General, Families, collectionID:bannedbooks, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, American, African American Studies, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, People of Color, Biographies, Laymon, kiese, Familylaymon, kiese, African americans, African americans--biography, Compulsive gamblers--united states--biography, Eating disorders--patients, Eating disorders--patients--united states--biography, Mother and child--united states, History / united states / general, E185.97.l394 a3 2018, 305.896/073People
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Heavy: An American Memoir
Feb 27, 2019, Thorndike Press Large Print
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Heavy: An American Memoir
2019-03, Scribner
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1501125699 9781501125690
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Heavy: An American Memoir
Oct 16, 2018, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio
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Heavy: an American memoir
2018, Scribner
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1501125656 9781501125652
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Heavy: An American Memoir
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Publishing
in English
1526605740 9781526605740
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Table of Contents
Prologue: been
Boy man
Black abundance
Home worked
Addict Americans
Epilogue: bend.
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