{"product_id":"lose-your-mother","title":"Lose Your Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eloquent and original exploration of the Atlantic slave trade--now featuring the essay \"Venus in Two Acts\" and a new introduction by Dionne Brand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA monumental work of first-person history, \u003ci\u003eLose Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e traces the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade by recounting a journey Saidiya Hartman took along a slave route in Ghana. Following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast, she reckons with the blank slate of her own genealogy and the rippling effects of slavery on three centuries of African and African-American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe slave, Hartman observes, is a stranger--torn from family, home, and country. To lose your mother is to be severed from your kin, to be uprooted from your past, and to inhabit the world as an outsider. There are no known survivors of Hartman's lineage, no relatives in Ghana whom she came hoping to find. Instead, she is a stranger in search of strangers, forging connections with others living in the wake of atrocity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rigorous and intimate reflection on the afterlife of slavery, \u003ci\u003eLose Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is both a book of history and a book of grief. This 20th anniversary edition now includes Hartman's landmark essay \"Venus in Two Acts\" and a new introduction by Dionne Brand--perfect for introducing new readers to Hartman's lived-in way of contending with the past.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67851392188652,"sku":"9781250474049","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_f04dddd1-e069-4a51-8a0f-2b90de7eee9e.jpg?v=1792717967","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/lose-your-mother","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}