Post-Traumatic av Chantal V. Johnson

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<p><b>''Vivian is one of the most fascinating characters I''ve read in contemporary fiction: self-aware and lost, cutting and wounded, resilient and vulnerable - all those misfit bits that add up to the whole of a real human being. Reading <i>Post-Traumatic</i> feels like an illicit thrill.'' Dawnie Walton, author of <i>The Final Revival of Opal & Nev</i></b><br><br><b>Can Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her?</b><br><br>To the outside observer, <b>Vivian</b> is a success story - a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and after-effects of her bad childhood, compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black, Latinx woman living in a white society. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple train ride a heart-pounding drama.<br><br>For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humour and smoking weed with her bes