{"product_id":"9780316264235","title":"Post-traumatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this “deeply original” (Elif Batuman) and “violently funny” (Myriam Gurba) story, a young lawyer finally confronts her dark past so she can live in a more peaceful future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City 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 in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A 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. With razor-sharp prose and mordant wit, Chantal V. Johnson performs an extraordinary feat, delivering a psychologically astute story about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Chantal V. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Little, Brown and Company |  Hardback  |  2022-04-05","offer_id":44151409901823,"sku":"9780316264235","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_89d98c5b-1690-4683-827e-fa381bc5f807.jpg?v=1643016104","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780316264235","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}