{"product_id":"post-traumatic","title":"Post-Traumatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Vivian live ecstatically after what has been done to her?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the outside observer \u003cb\u003eVivian\u003c\/b\u003e is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a 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 living in a white society. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple tube ride into a heart-pounding drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating dieting dark humour and smoking weed with her best friend \u003cb\u003eJane\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill she find a way to repair what matters most to her?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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. Readers who loved \u003ci\u003eOpen Water\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e will adore this razor-sharp book about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth laughter and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat people are saying about \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDeeply original\u003c\/b\u003e socially important psychologically revelatory \u003cb\u003epropulsively\u003c\/b\u003e and idiosyncratically readable. \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e a gem\u003c\/b\u003e.' Elif Batuman author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eStunning and riotous\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e took me right under and then revived me like only the best fiction can do. Johnson's delicious meticulous prose delivers such \u003cb\u003eintimacy and hilarity on the page I laughed and cried all the way through\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a raw brilliant and unforgettable debut. \u003cb\u003eI love everything about it!\u003c\/b\u003e' Deesha Philyaw author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivian is \u003cb\u003eone of the most fascinating characters\u003c\/b\u003e I've 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 \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e feels like \u003cb\u003ean illicit thrill\u003c\/b\u003e.' Dawnie Walton author of \u003ci\u003eThe Final Revival of Opal \u0026amp; Nev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eChantal V. Johnson has \u003cb\u003eblessed\u003c\/b\u003e us with a \u003cb\u003ecool stylish and violently funny\u003c\/b\u003e novel about survival. It \u003cb\u003emade me smile laugh cringe shiver and think\u003c\/b\u003e. Like life \u003ci\u003ePost-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is richly triggering and \u003cb\u003ehighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e.' Myriam Gurba author of \u003ci\u003eMean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Post-Traumatic\u003c\/i\u003e is swift caustic \u003cb\u003echarismatic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e terrifying and \u003cb\u003eso incredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e. 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 \u003cb\u003epathologically consumable prose that I couldn't stop reading\u003c\/b\u003e even if it was the way I'd watch a scary movie: through my fingers.' Tommy Pico author of\u003ci\u003e IRL\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJunk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791444668595,"sku":"9780349702469","price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478193599780349702469.jpg?v=1762857570","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/post-traumatic","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}