5/8/2023 0 Comments Heavy kiese![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins with what amounts to a prologue, the author’s exploration of his overall intent in writing this book – essentially, to tell his mother (and by extension the reader) new and unrevealed truths about his experiences growing up heavy, growing up a black male, and growing up the child of complicated, troubled, secretive parents. On another level, the book is an extended, metaphoric consideration of different sorts of being “heavy” – the heaviness of a large physical body, the psycho-spiritual “heaviness” of growing up black in an environment of racism, and the psycho-emotional “heaviness” of being the troubled child of a similarly troubled, secretive single mother. On a narrative level, the book is presented as a letter from the author to his mother, in which he reveals aspects of his life and their relationship for the first time. Scribner: An Imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Laymon, Kiese. ![]()
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