{"product_id":"9781982132347","title":"How to Say Babylon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eEducated \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Say Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and a militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, was obsessed with the ever-present threat of the corrupting evils of the Western world outside their home, and worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure. For him, a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSafiya’s extraordinary mother, though loyal to her father, gave her the one gift she knew would take Safiya beyond the stretch of beach and mountains in Jamaica their family called home: a world of books, knowledge, and education she conjured almost out of thin air. When she introduced Safiya to poetry, Safiya’s voice awakened. As she watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under relentless domesticity, Safiya’s rebellion against her father’s rules set her on an inevitable collision course with him. Her education became the sharp tool to hone her own poetic voice and carve her path to liberation. Rich in emotion and page-turning drama, \u003ci\u003eHow to Say Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e is “a melodious wave of memories” of a woman finding her own power (NPR).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback | 352 pages | 5.50\" x 8.37\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Safiya Sinclair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541536919784,"sku":"9781982132347x","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4fc6398e-070f-4574-a971-7b7868f9b32f.jpg?v=1721341319","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/9781982132347","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}