In the Belly of Her Ghost: A Memoir

by Colin Dayan

Book Overview

Colin Dayan's searing personal narrative is as much a Southern Gothic story as a haunting family portrait. A tale of love and resentment, In the Belly of Her Ghost is a memoir and meditation on the author's dead mother -- a Haitian woman attempting to assimilate into white Southern belle high society during the Civil Rights era. Dayan's mother grows austere with her newfound glamour and dismissive of her daughter, whose darker skin foments a loving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940660483
• ISBN13: 9781940660486
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Los Angeles Review of Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 16 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 5