03095cam a2200481 i 4500 559284219 TxAuBib 20220525120000.0 210211t20222021||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021002077 9781250203229 trade paperback 1250203228 trade paperback 9781250305978 hardcover 1250305977 hardcover 9781250826114 signed 125082611X signed (OCoLC)1237650047 TxAuBib rda Ford, Ashley C.,. BOOK CLUB KIT. Somebody's daughter : a memoir / Ashley C. Ford. Somebody's daughter : a memoir. First Flatiron Books paperback edition. New York : Flatiron Books, 2022. ©2021. 10 copies (212 pages) ; 25 cm.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "An Oprah book"--Title page. Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions. Copies may be in various editions. INCLUDES 10 COPIES OF THE BOOK FOR USE BY BOOK CLUBS. "One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father. Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did to end up there. She doesn’t know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father’s incarceration...and Ashley’s entire world is turned upside down. Somebody’s Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them"--Provided by publisher. 20220525. Ford, Ashley C. African American women Biography. African American families Biography. Children of prisoners United States Biography. Prisoners' families United States Biography. Fathers and daughters United States Biography. Autobiographies. Nonfiction.