{"product_id":"chrome-valley-by-mahogany-l-browne-9781324092278","title":"Chrome Valley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne's \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. \"We praise their names \/ \u0026amp; the hands that write \/ Praise the mouth that speaks,\" she writes in tribute to those who came before her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and, sometimes, the sting of a palm across the cheek. Friendship, too, comes with its own complex yearnings: \"you ain't had freedom \/ 'til you climb on bus 62 \/ \u0026amp; head to the closest mall \/ for a good seat at the girl fight.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflections of Browne's mother, Redbone, bolster the collection with moments of unwavering strength: \"give me my mother's bone structure \/ \u0026amp; her gap tooth slaughter \/ give me her spine-Redbone got a spine for the world.\" Other moments explore the inherent anxieties shared among Black mothers, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: \"Because Kadiatou Diallo \/ Because Sybrina Fulton \/ Because Valeria Bell \/ Because Mamie Till.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters in \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e grapple with the legacies of inherited trauma but also revel in the beauty of the undaunted self-determination passed down from Black woman to Black woman. Transcendent and grounded, funny and furious, \u003cem\u003eChrome Valley\u003c\/em\u003e brings depth to a movement, solidifying Mahogany L. Browne as one of the most significant poetic voices of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430256722156,"sku":"9781324092278","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324092278.jpg?v=1774559278","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/chrome-valley-by-mahogany-l-browne-9781324092278","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}