I Know Why The Butterfly Cries: A Transnational Memoir - Hardcover
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I Know Why The Butterfly Cries: A Transnational Memoir - Hardcover
$48.58
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by Savanah Freeman (Author)
What happens when the system designed to protect you is the very machine that fractures your spirit?
I Know Why The Butterfly Cries is not a traditional memoir of victimhood. It is an autopsy of survival. Born into the cramped "big yaad" and the "barrel child economy" of Jamaica, Savanah Freeman was thrust into the cold, high-surveillance grid of post-9/11 New York-only to face a chilling betrayal that rewrote her life's trajectory.Written with the raw, somatic gravity of Kiese Laymon's Heavy and the razor-sharp indictment of Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place, this genre-defying text separates visceral memory from clinical analysis. This is a diagnostic manual for psychological liberation. It hands you the exact clinical lexicon required to map, intellectualize, and dismantle the toxic environments of your own life.
Number of Pages: 416
Dimensions: 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: September 11, 2026
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