Use coupon code “MARCH20” for a 20% discount on all items! Valid until 31-03-2025

Site Logo
Search Suggestions

      Royal Mail  express delivery to UK destinations

      Regular sales and promotions

      Stock updates every 20 minutes!

      Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

      11 in stock

      Firm sale: non returnable item
      SKU 9781838854195 Categories ,
      Select Guide Rating
      An unforgettable memoir of a mixed-race child kidnapped and raised by his white supremacist grandparents

      VULTURE''S BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEAR 2023
      A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

      When Shane McCrae was eighteen months old, he...

      £16.99

      Buy new:

      Delivery: UK delivery Only. Usually dispatched in 1-2 working days.

      Shipping costs: All shipping costs calculated in the cart or during the checkout process.

      Standard service (normally 2-3 working days): 48hr Tracked service.

      Premium service (next working day): 24hr Tracked service – signature service included.

      Royal mail: 24 & 48hr Tracked: Trackable items weighing up to 20kg are tracked to door and are inclusive of text and email with ‘Leave in Safe Place’ options, but are non-signature services. Examples of service expected: Standard 48hr service – if ordered before 3pm on Thursday then expected delivery would be on Saturday. If Premium 24hr service used, then expected delivery would be Friday.

      Signature Service: This service is only available for tracked items.

      Leave in Safe Place: This option is available at no additional charge for tracked services.

      Description

      Product ID:9781838854195
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Pulling the Chariot of the Sun
      Subtitle:A Memoir of a Kidnapping
      Authors:Author: Shane McCrae
      Page Count:272
      Subjects:Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Diaries, letters and journals, Memoirs, Social discrimination and social justice, Diaries, letters & journals, Memoirs, Social discrimination & inequality, USA
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      An unforgettable memoir of a mixed-race child kidnapped and raised by his white supremacist grandparents

      VULTURE''S BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEAR 2023
      A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

      When Shane McCrae was eighteen months old, he was removed from his parents and taken to suburban Texas. His mother was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him. In the years that followed, they manipulated and controlled him, believing they were doing what was best for him. His grandmother loved Shane but hated people who looked like him. His grandfather policed any perceived signs of Blackness his grandson showed. In their house, Blackness would always be the worst thing about him.

      Pulling the Chariot of the Sun is a revelatory account of what it can mean to be Black in America, written with virtuosity and heart by one of the finest poets writing today. This memoir offers acute insight into the larger story of a people stolen from their homes, dominated by white supremacy and lied to about their own history. And it illuminates how we all might be made whole again, through a tireless search for the truth and the joyful pursuit of what we love.


      Imprint Name:Canongate Books
      Publisher Name:Canongate Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-09-14

      Additional information

      Weight374 g
      Dimensions222 × 145 × 26 mm