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"Beautifully written, searingly honest, and deeply affecting ... when the book ended, I only wanted more" - Roxane Gay

"Ford is a writer for the ages, and Somebody's Daughter will be a book of the year" - Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed


"Truly a classic in the making" - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

An Oprah book

Throughout her adolescence, Ashley Ford doesn't know how to deal with the worries that keep her up at night. If only she could turn to her father for his advice and support. But he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. After being raped by her ex-boyfriend, Ashley desperately searches for her sense of self. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's incarceration... and Ashley's world is turned upside down.

Ashley embarks on a powerful journey to find the connections between who she is and what she was born into, discovering that, however much we might try to untether ourselves from a painful past, the ties that bind families together are the strongest ones of all.

"Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021" - Kirkus Reviews

"A heart-wrenching coming-of age story" - Time

"Her coming-of-age story gets at how to both acknowledge and break away from what we're born into" - Cosmopolitan

"A beautiful, delicate memoir... a journey toward true and powerful selfhood" - Elle



From one of the most powerful voices of her generation: the story of a childhood defined by race, poverty and a father in prison

About the Author
Ashley C. Ford has written or guest-edited for Teen Vogue, New York magazine, The New York Times, Elle, BuzzFeed and many other web and print publications. She has been named among Forbes magazine's 30 under 30 in Media and Variety's New Power of New York. She lives in Indiana with her husband, Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab, Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.

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'Ashley C. Ford's wrenchingly brilliant memoir Somebody's Daughter is truly a classic in the making. Ford's writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.' - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

'Somebody's Daughter takes the idea of a coming-of-age story and smashes it on its head. A masterpiece of acceptance and exploration, of growth and forgiveness, and - maybe most importantly of all - learning how not to forgive. This is a story of boundaries and looking back on w hat has happened with a kind but understanding eye. Ashley C. Ford's talent is on full display, as is her heart.' - Isaac Fitzgerald, author of How to Be a Pirate

'Ashley C. Ford went deep into the well of herself and her history and came back to the light with the book now in your hands. A piercing interrogation of who we are and who we are to the people laying claim to us, Somebody's Daughter is hard-earned storytelling, yes, but also an opportunity for each of us to illuminate the ties that bind, entangle and connect us to one another.' - Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives

'Ashley C. Ford is not just a beautiful writer, she is a brilliant, thoughtful and compassionate writer. The book is an achingly honest account of a complicated childhood. There is heartache and grief but above all Somebody's Daughter is the portrait of someone determined to love deeply and to love well. Someone determined to honor the person they are meant to be. Someone with the cleareyed courage and kindness to tell their story in service of a greater truth. We are so lucky Ashley chooses to share her wisdom with the world. I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I closed it and neither will you.' - Aminatou Sow, coauthor of Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close



Book Information
ISBN 9781786581297
Author Ashley C Ford
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Manilla Press
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 346g
Dimensions(mm) 222mm * 144mm * 24mm

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