{"product_id":"assembly-9780316268363","title":"Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary novel finds a woman with everything on the line and a life-or-death decision waiting for her--perfect for fans of Claudia Rankine and Jenny Offill.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. \u003ci\u003eDo all the right things\u003c\/i\u003e. Buy an apartment. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The narrator of \u003ci\u003eAssembly \u003c\/i\u003eis a black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart? \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssembly\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the stories we live within - those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAnd it is about one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life. With a steely, unfaltering gaze, Natasha Brown dismantles the mythology of whiteness, lining up the debris in a neat row and walking away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003emeets Claudia Rankine's \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e...as breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true.\"--Olivia Sudjic, author of \u003ci\u003eSympathy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsylum Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman confronts the most important question of her life in this blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary debut from \"a stunning new writer.\" (Bernardine Evaristo) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A quiet, measured call to revolution...This is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible.\"--Ali Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant. Brown's gaze is piercing.\"--Avni Doshi, author of \u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316268363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Natasha Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289547182261,"sku":"9780316268363","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6ab1d1f1-a784-43dc-8a8c-279aefbbc3f2.jpg?v=1658201263","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/assembly-9780316268363","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}