Chantal johnson post traumatic5/10/2023 Post-Traumatic is a gem.' Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot 'Stunning and riotous, Post-Traumatic took me right under and then revived me, like only the best fiction can do. What people are saying about Post-Traumatic: 'Deeply original, socially important, psychologically revelatory, propulsively and idiosyncratically readable. Readers who loved Open Water, A Little Life or Luster will adore this razor-sharp book about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her? A debut from a stunning talent, Post-Traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. 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. For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humour and smoking weed with her best friend, Jane. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple tube ride into a heart-pounding drama. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood, compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black, Latinx woman living in a white society. Can Vivian live ecstatically, after what has been done to her? To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital.
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