Post-Traumatic: Utterly compelling literary fiction about survival, hope and sec

Description: Post-Traumatic by Chantal V. Johnson A striking, psychologically astute debut about the aftermath of trauma FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters Ive read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. Reading Post-Traumatic feels like an illicit thrill. Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Can Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her? To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and after-effects of her bad childhood, compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black, Latinx woman living in a white society. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple train ride a heart-pounding drama. For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humour and smoking weed with her best friend, 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?A debut from a stunning talent, Post-Traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. Readers who loved Open Water, A Little Life or Luster will adore this razor-sharp book about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope. What people are saying about Post-Traumatic: Deeply original, socially important, psychologically revelatory, propulsively and idiosyncratically readable. Post-Traumatic is a gem. Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot Stunning and riotous, Post-Traumatic took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. Johnsons delicious, meticulous prose delivers such intimacy and hilarity on the page, I laughed and cried all the way through. This is a raw, brilliant, and unforgettable debut. I love everything about it! Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Chantal V. Johnson has blessed us with a cool, stylish, and violently funny novel about survival. It made me smile, laugh, cringe, shiver, and think. Like life, Post-Traumatic is richly triggering and highly recommended. Myriam Gurba, author of MeanPost-Traumatic is swift, caustic, charismatic, beautiful, terrifying, and so incredibly funny. It learns and unlearns Author Biography Chantal V. Johnson is a tenant lawyer and writer. A graduate of Stanford Law School and a 2018 Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellow, she lives in New York. Review Deeply original, socially important, psychologically revelatory, propulsively and idiosyncratically readable. Post-Traumatic is a gem -- Elif Batuman, author of The IdiotStunning and riotous, Post-Traumatic took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. Johnsons delicious, meticulous prose delivers such intimacy and hilarity on the page, I laughed and cried all the way through. This is a raw, brilliant, and unforgettable debut. I love everything about it! -- Deesha Philyaw, author of National Book Award Finalist The Secret Lives of Church LadiesChantal V. Johnson has blessed us with a cool, stylish, and violently funny novel about survival. It made me smile, laugh, cringe, shiver, and think. Like life, Post-Traumatic is richly triggering and highly recommended -- Myriam Gurba, author of MEANWhether shes fighting for her clients or falling apart at a wedding, POST-TRAUMATICs Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters Ive read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. And Chantal V. Johnson writes her with a startling intimacy that makes reading feel like an illicit thrill -- Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal and NevWith searing intelligence, wicked humor, and an utterly captivating heroine, this brilliant debut shows us what it means to live with, and beyond, trauma. I felt such kinship with Vivian that I sometimes felt like Johnson was reading my mind -- Jessamine Chan, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERSPost-Traumatic is swift, caustic, charismatic, beautiful, terrifying, and so incredibly funny. It learns and unlearns itself continually, propelled by a restless main character whose gaze withers the world, the reader, and more achingly, herself. Johnson composes such precise, pathologically consumable prose that I couldnt stop reading, even if it was the way Id watch a scary movie: through my fingers -- Tommy Pico, author of IRL and JUNKPost-Traumatic is astonishingly funny, intimately neurotic, and so honest and necessary that I cant stop thinking about it. From the first sentence, we are thrust into the hyper-awareness of a character whose boundless vigilance makes us feel like both observer and observed. Johnsons attention to detail is so salient that its simultaneously shocking and familiar. This book is a mirror I couldnt put down -- Jill Louise Busby, author of UNFOLLOW MEChantal V. Johnson is a brilliant documentarian of the unstable. She writes with a forensic and unsentimental sense of justice, in sentences that spark with life -- Vanessa Veselka, author of THE GREAT OFFSHORE GROUNDSBeautifully written story . . . Holding up to the light what it means to be a woman * Stylist * Long Description Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters Ive read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. Reading Post-Traumatic feels like an illicit thrill. Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Can Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her? To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and after-effects of her bad childhood, compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black, Latinx woman living in a white society. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple train ride a heart-pounding drama.For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humour and smoking weed with her best friend, 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? A debut from a stunning talent, Post-Traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. Readers who loved Open Water , A Little Life or Luster will adore this razor-sharp book about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope. What people are saying about Post-Traumatic : Deeply original , socially important, psychologically revelatory, propulsively and idiosyncratically readable. Post-Traumatic is a gem . Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot Stunning and riotous , Post-Traumatic took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. Johnsons delicious, meticulous prose delivers such intimacy and hilarity on the page, I laughed and cried all the way through . This is a raw, brilliant, and unforgettable debut. I love everything about it! Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Chantal V. Johnson has blessed us with a cool, stylish, and violently funny novel about survival. It made me smile, laugh, cringe, shiver, and think . Like life, Post-Traumatic is richly triggering and highly recommended . Myriam Gurba, author of Mean Post-Traumatic is swift, caustic, charismatic , beautiful , terrifying, and so incredibly funny . It learns and unlearns Review Quote Deeply original, socially important, psychologically revelatory, propulsively and idiosyncratically readable. Post-Traumatic is a gemStunning and riotous, Post-Traumatic took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. Johnsons delicious, meticulous prose delivers such intimacy and hilarity on the page, I laughed and cried all the way through. This is a raw, brilliant, and unforgettable debut. I love everything about it!Chantal V. Johnson has blessed us with a cool, stylish, and violently funny novel about survival. It made me smile, laugh, cringe, shiver, and think. Like life, Post-Traumatic is richly triggering and highly recommendedWhether shes fighting for her clients or falling apart at a wedding, POST-TRAUMATICs Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters Ive read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. And Chantal V. Johnson writes her with a startling intimacy that makes reading feel like an illicit thrillWith searing intelligence, wicked humor, and an utterly captivating heroine, this brilliant debut shows us what it means to live with, and beyond, trauma. I felt such kinship with Vivian that I sometimes felt like Johnson was reading my mind Post-Traumatic is swift, caustic, charismatic, beautiful, terrifying, and so incredibly funny. It learns and unlearns itself continually, propelled by a restless main character whose gaze withers the world, the reader, and more achingly, herself. Johnson composes such precise, pathologically consumable prose that I couldnt stop reading, even if it was the way Id watch a scary movie: through my fingers Promotional "Headline" A striking, psychologically astute debut about the aftermath of trauma Details ISBN0349702462 Year 2023 ISBN-10 0349702462 ISBN-13 9780349702469 Format Paperback Pages 320 Imprint Dialogue Books Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Chantal V. Johnson Subtitle Utterly compelling literary fiction about survival, hope and second chances Publication Date 2023-05-04 UK Release Date 2023-05-04 Publisher Dialogue DEWEY 823.92 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-07-31 NZ Release Date 2023-07-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143004843;

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