{"product_id":"sufferah-memoir-of-a-brixton-reggae-head-pre-order","title":"Sufferah : Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"h3 mb-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse and his imprisonment as a young man protesting against systemic racism and police brutality. \"Alex Wheatle is an inspirer. He sheds light in dark places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a vital writer\" LEMN SISSAY. Abandoned as a baby to the British care system, Alex Wheatle grows up with no knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLater, he is inexorably drawn to reggae, his lifeline through disrupted teenage years and the challenges of living as a young Black man in 1980s Britain. \"Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath\" KIT DE WAAL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlex's youth was portrayed in Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen's \"Small Axe\" series (2020). In Sufferah, he tells his own story urgently, vividly and unsentimentally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis award-winning fiction - and this memoir - are a call to never give up hope. Sufferah reminds us that words can be our sustenance, and music our heartbeat. \"Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion\" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small Axe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43144061255831,"sku":"","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/files\/9781529428421.jpg?v=1686661710","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/sufferah-memoir-of-a-brixton-reggae-head-pre-order","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}