This magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood "follows three
women whose various traumas haunt them literally and metaphorically, as
it explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today" (The
New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice).
A middle-aged woman feed slots at a secret back-room parlor. A new
mother descends into a devastating postpartum depression, wracked with
the fear that she is unable to protect her children. A daughter returns
home to join the other women in her family waging spiritual combat with
the ghosts of their past.
An Autobiography of Skin is a dazzling and masterful portrait of
interconnected generations in the South from a singular new voice,
offering a raw and tender view into the interior lives of Black women.
It is at once a powerful look at how experiences are carried inside the
body, inside the flesh and skin, and a joyous testament to how healing
can be found within--in love, mercy, gratitude, and freedom.