{"product_id":"9781938160585","title":"Fanny Says","description":"An “unleashed love song” to her late grandmother, Nickole Brown’s collection brings her brassy, bawdy, tough-as-new-rope grandmother to life. With hair teased to Jesus, mile-long false eyelashes, and a white Cadillac Eldorado with atomic-red leather seats, Fanny is not your typical granny rocking in a chair. Instead, think of a character that looks a lot like Eva Gabor in Green Acres, but darkened with a shadow of Flannery O’Connor. A cross-genre collection that reads like a novel, this book is both a collection of oral history and a lyrical and moving biography that wrestles with the complexities of the South, including poverty, racism, and domestic violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nickole Brown’s unleashed love song to her grandmother is raucous and heart-rending, reflective and slap-yo-damn-knee hilarious, a heady meld of lyrical line and life lesson. Brown is blessed to be blood-linked to such a shrewd and singular soul, and the poet's mix of monologue, myth, and unbridled mayhem paints a picture of a proper Southern lady who is just—well, unforgettable.\" —\u003cb\u003ePatricia Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eFanny Says\u003c\/i\u003e, Nickole Brown distills the whole of America into one woman: bawdy, loving, racist, battered, healed, and gorgeous with determination. Our country has no history that does not touch the South. Our divisions are our unions. Here, Brown unleashes a voice returned to teach us a lesson. Reader, fair warning: you can’t hide from Fanny. You will be changed by this book.\" —\u003cb\u003eRebecca Gayle Howell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183980855536,"sku":"9781938160585","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938160585_p0.jpg?v=1763663753","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938160585","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}