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1092655The Way You Make Me Feelhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-way-you-make-me-feel-7/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1377237/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638337984467500000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1375535/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638337981812330000269374MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>Remarkable . . . <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em> affirms that Black and Brown existence in America comes with no guarantee of collective solidarity, no innate promise of racial equality. The path to justice is uncertain, Sharma reminds us, and we must each work hardand be bold enough to sacrifice our own comfortto actualize it. Washington Post</p><p>A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship</p><p>When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friends Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingstons <em>The Woman Warrior</em>,in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him thats all too familiar to her. She is immediately intriguedwho is this man? In <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em>, Sharma chronicles her and Quincys love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.</p><p>In a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincys early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white Americaand as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her familys disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching <em>The Walking Dead</em>, Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeuns character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film <em>Mississippi Masala</em>, revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter.</p><p>Written with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em> reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love.</p>...1087304The Way You Make Me Feel269374https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-way-you-make-me-feel-7/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1377237/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638337984467500000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1375535/ed7b5698-bd70-4c2c-b690-5d54f45fb427.jpg?v=638337981812330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780593492833_W3siaWQiOiIyOTA0ZmMwMC00YzQ3LTQxNGQtOTM1Ni01MjVlZDZlMTMyZGQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI1MiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDQ6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780593492833_<p><strong>A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship</strong></p><p>When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friends Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingstons <em>The Woman Warrior</em>,in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him thats all too familiar to her. She is immediately intriguedwho is this man? In <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em>, Sharma chronicles her and Quincys love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.</p><p>In a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincys early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white Americaand as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her familys disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching <em>The Walking Dead</em>, Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeuns character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film <em>Mississippi Masala</em>, revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter.</p><p>Written with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em> reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love.</p>...(*_*)9780593492833_<p>Remarkable . . . <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em> affirms that Black and Brown existence in America comes with no guarantee of collective solidarity, no innate promise of racial equality. The path to justice is uncertain, Sharma reminds us, and we must each work hardand be bold enough to sacrifice our own comfortto actualize it. Washington Post</p><p>A hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship, told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship</p><p>When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friends Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingstons <em>The Woman Warrior</em>,in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him thats all too familiar to her. She is immediately intriguedwho is this man? In <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em>, Sharma chronicles her and Quincys love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.</p><p>In a series of sensual and sparkling essays, Sharma reckons with caste, race, colorism, and mental health, moving from her seemingly idyllic suburban childhood through her and Quincys early sweeping romance in the so-called postracial Obama years and onward to their marriage. Growing up, she hears her parents talk about the racism they experienced at the hands of white Americaand as an adult, she confronts the complexities of American racism and the paradox of her familys disappointment when she starts dating a Black man. While watching <em>The Walking Dead</em>, Sharma dives into the eerie parallels between the brutal death of Steven Yeuns character and the murder of Vincent Chin. She examines the trailblazing Mira Nair film <em>Mississippi Masala</em>, revolutionary in its time for depicting a love story between an Indian woman and a Black man on screen, and considers why interracial relationships are so often assumed to include white people. And as she and Quincy decide whether to start a family, they imagine a universe in which Vice President Kamala Harris could possibly be their time-traveling daughter.</p><p>Written with a keen critical eye and seamlessly weaving in history, pop culture, and politics, <em>The Way You Make Me Feel</em> reaffirms the idea that allyship is an act of true love.</p>...9780593492833_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_7cc09397-ff03-3c57-8876-a4ae3ed3cb54_9780593492833;9780593492833_9780593492833Nina SharmaInglésMéxico2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-661b4a7c-2bfb-476e-962d-d49788b9ae2d.epub2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group