"One of 2018's most acclaimed memoirs, cited for its timelessness and its timeliness, Kiese Laymon's Heavy (newly in paper, Scribner) is a powerful exploration of self, society, identity, connection. 'At once tender and explosive, Kiese Laymon's Heavy is a growing-up story laden with an unusual candor. The book is stark, beautiful, challenging, and refreshing. Laymon explores abuse, love, violence, addiction, gender, and race without ever veering into the realm of the titillating or dehumanizing. He carries his people with a sweetness and fullness of heart that allows them to shine in three dimensions, allowed to be ugly and complicated and beloved and human. The abundance of Heavy is going to be a gift for many hurting hearts, in our time and beyond.' -Eve Ewing." (Promo Copy)