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An unforgettable comingofage memoir about a Black boy adopted into a white Christian fundamentalist family

Perfect for fans of Educated Punch Me Up to the Gods and Surviving the White Gaze

A powerful experiential journey from white cult to Black consciousness Harrison Mooneys riveting story of selfdiscovery lifts the curtain on the trauma of transracial adoption and the internalized antiblackness at the heart of the white evangelical Christian movement

Inspired by Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man the same way TaNehisi Coatess Between the World and Me was inspired by James Baldwin Harrison Mooneys debut memoir will captivate readers with his powerful gift for storytelling his keen eye for insight and observation and his wry sense of humor

As an adopted and homeschooled Black boy with ADHD at white fundamentalist Christian churches and tent revivals Mooney was raised amid a swirl of conflicting and confusing messages and beliefs Within that radical and racist rightwing bubble along the US border in Canadas Bible Belt Harrison was desperate to belong and to be visible to those around him

But before ultimately finding his own path Harrison must first come to understand that the forces at work in his life were not supernatural but the same trauma and systemic violence that has terrorized Black families for generations Reconnecting with his birth motherand understanding her journeyleads Harrison to a new connection with himself the eyes looking down were my true mothers eyes and the face was my true mothers face and for the first time in my life I saw that I was beautiful