Gray Is the New Black - Softcover

Rice, Dorothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9980243023 ISBN 13: 9789980243027

Publisher: Otis Books | Seismicity Editions, 2019

Synopsis

Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Feminism. Boomers. Ageism. Binge-Eating Disorder. Sexual Abuse. Women's Studies. The 1960s. The wry and relatable narrator of GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK--a memoir of ageism, sexism and self-acceptance--came of age in the psychedelic sixties. Now in her sixties, it's time to take stock. After decades struggling to be thin enough, pretty, sexy and successful enough to deserve love and happiness, she devotes a year to cracking the code, a journey that forces her to confront the gnarled roots of female shame.

If you have a complicated relationship with your mother, food, your hair, your body, your past self, or your current self, you will likely find GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK a page-turning, resonant read.

About this title

About the Author

Dorothy Rice received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside/Palm Desert. Her work has been published by The Rumpus, Split Lip Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post online, Mom Egg Review, Longridge Review, Belle Ombre, and many other fine journals. Her first book, THE RELUCTANT ARTIST (2015) was published by Shanti Arts. Her essay "In Photographs" was awarded second place in the 2018 Kalanithi Awards. Her short story "Tiny Dancer" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. 

Find her at dorothyriceauthor.com and on twitter at @dorothyrowena.

From the Back Cover

2017 is unfolding according to plan. I'm proud of myself. Exorcising my demons is part of it. Facing up to the ghosts of past selves. Turning it into story, events that happened to me, yes, but a different me, my fifteen-year-old self, my twenty-six-year-old self, my forty-year-old self. I'm not those girls, those women, anymore.

​It is time to forgive them, to forgive myself, and to accept their stories, my stories, for what they are. Things that happened a long, long time ago, to a different me.

From the Inside Flap

Gray Is the New Black
A Memoir of Self-Acceptance
by Dorothy Rice

Gray Is the New Black is a work of creative nonfiction. The people, places and events are drawn from the author's memory. As such, the narrative in its entirety reflects the author's emotional truth. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of others.

also by Dorothy Rice: The Reluctant Artist (2015)

Edition details

• Publisher: Otis Books | Seismicity Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9980243023
• ISBN 13: 9789980243027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312