How to Die in Paris by Naturi Thomas

How to Die in Paris by Naturi Thomas

How to Die in Paris is an edgy, poetic, often darkly comic, memoir of a young middle-class black woman who escapes a tortured past in New York to pursue a new life in Europe,only to find herself broke, desperate, and contemplating suicide on the streets of Paris.Penniless, scared, and hoping for rescue, Thomas turns to a series of unlikely male suitors: an impoverished Italian who exposes her to the reality of immigrant struggle, a fast-talking squatter who lures her into Paris's street youth culture, and a beautiful Tunisian who takes her home . . . only to introduce her to a world of pain. Each encounter awakens in her memories from her childhood,memories of the abuse and racism she experienced at the hands of her mother,and forces her to confront the darkness in her past, even as she struggles to survive in the present.Though the trials she faces in Paris are often harrowing, Thomas is anything but self-pitying, often culling humour from gritty moments, and she finds goodness in the small blessings that come her way: a library that offers warmth and escape, a sandwich abandoned in a phone booth, the generosity of strangers, and especially, the wonder of Paris itself. Ultimately, being homeless in the City of Light frees her of the denial and defences that have been holding her back all her life,revealing a broader world too beautiful to leave.

"An intimate, unsparing travelogue through both the City of Light and the darkness of the mind, as a young woman searches for a way--and a reason--to surviveVividly rendered and deeply honest. This book is the real deal." --Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb

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ISBN 13	9781580053648
ISBN 10	1580053645
Titel	How to Die in Paris
Autor	Naturi Thomas
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Seal Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-11-22
Seitenanzahl	272
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