{"product_id":"post-traumatic-9780316264334","title":"Post-Traumatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"deeply original\" (Elif Batuman) and \"violently funny\" (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer finally confronts her dark past so she can live in a more peaceful future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A debut from a stunning talent, \u003ci\u003ePost-traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\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 03\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316264334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Chantal V. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607858974901,"sku":"9780316264334","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bba33a6f-40b3-4f6c-8ef5-3b14c9b1f368.jpg?v=1674573324","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/post-traumatic-9780316264334","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}