{"product_id":"somebodys-daughter-a-memoir-9781250305978","title":"Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"So clear, sharp, and smooth that the reader sees, in vivid focus, Ford's complicated childhood, brilliant mind, and golden heart. Ford is a writer for the ages, and \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e will be a book of the year.\" --Glennon Doyle, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUntamed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ford's wrenchingly brilliant memoir is truly a classic in the making. The writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.\" --John Green, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. She doesn't know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's incarceration . . . and Ashley's entire world is turned upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomebody's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003esteps into the world of growing up a poor, Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250305978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Ashley C. Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956890452149,"sku":"9781250305978","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da9c3090-4746-4802-a692-5c177e6c19a2.jpg?v=1620222734","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/somebodys-daughter-a-memoir-9781250305978","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}