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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” ―Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Untamed
“Ford’s wrenchingly brilliant memoir is truly a classic in the making. The writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.” ―John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Perhaps the greatest contribution Ford makes is to offer her story ― written in the most lively and lucid prose ― in its most raw and unabridged form...By telling her truth so honestly and authentically, Ford invites us to tell ours, too." ―The Washington Post
One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father.
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did to end up there. She doesn’t know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father’s incarceration . . . and Ashley’s entire world is turned upside down.
Somebody’s Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them.
“Ford’s wrenchingly brilliant memoir is truly a classic in the making. The writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.” ―John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Perhaps the greatest contribution Ford makes is to offer her story ― written in the most lively and lucid prose ― in its most raw and unabridged form...By telling her truth so honestly and authentically, Ford invites us to tell ours, too." ―The Washington Post
One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father.
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did to end up there. She doesn’t know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father’s incarceration . . . and Ashley’s entire world is turned upside down.
Somebody’s Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them.
About the Author
Ashley C. Ford is an American writer, podcaster, and educator who deals with topics including race, sexuality, and body image. She is the author of The New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody's Daughter. She has been the host of five different podcasts and has written or guest-edited for multiple well-known publications including The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed etc. In 2017, Forbes Magzine named her one of their '30 Under 30 in Media'.
She lives in Indianpolis, Indian with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy.
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Rating: 4.4/5
Author: Ashley C. Ford
Publisher: Flatiron Books ( An Oprah Book)
Publishing Date: June 1, 2021
Edition Language: English
Genre: Sociology of Abuse, Black & African American Biographies, Memoirs
ISBN-10: 1250305977
ISBN-13: 978-1250305978
Pages: 224 (Hardcover)
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