It leaves you happy/sad, all-around tender, and wanting to hug your loved ones. It is a challenging exercise in confrontation and discomfort, but rewarding in its goodness. It is hard work dealing with hard subjects and hard truths. Whenever I think of the bravery, sincerity, and honesty living in these pages, my heart walls swell and cave under the pressure as my mind yells Now you! I will preface this review by saying that reading HEAVY is not easy. It is one of the most vital pieces of nonfiction I’ve encountered, full of the productive personal and political truth telling we seek out in stories. HEAVY: AN AMERICAN MEMOIR by Kiese Laymon is that cerebrum hijacker. Once every several years I get hit in the face and heart and soul with a book that overrides the electrical circuiting in my brain.
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