THE GRACE OF SILENCE. A Memoir
by Norris, Michele
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307378764
- ISBN 13
- 9780307378767
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication. A profoundly moving and deeply personal memoir by the co-host of National Public Radio's flagship program All Things Considered. While exploring the hidden conversation on race unfolding throughout America in the wake of President Obama's election, Michele Norris discovered that there were painful secrets within her own family that had been willfully withheld. These revelationsâfrom her father's shooting by a Birmingham police officer to her maternal grandmother's job as an itinerant Aunt Jemima in the Midwestâinspired a bracing journey into her family's past, from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots in the Deep South.The result is a rich and extraordinary family memoirâfilled with stories that elegantly explore the power of silence and secretsâthat boldly examines racial legacy and what it means to be an American. 185 pages, Illustrated from photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15230
- Title
- THE GRACE OF SILENCE. A Memoir
- Author
- Norris, Michele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307378764
- ISBN 13
- 9780307378767
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- African American journalists, family, United States, race relations, Barack O'Bama, National Public Radio
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Ed Smith Books
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Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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