Some of Our Parts - Why we are more than the labels we live by

A memoir explored through a life in labels inherited, accrued and cast off, Some of Our Parts considers the power in reclaiming our own story and challenges readers to question how we define ourselves in a world that is so ready to decide for us.

About the author

Laura Kennedy is an Irish writer. She writes a weekly column on Substack called Peak Notions, a thought-provoking exploration of the questions we're not supposed to ask. She has a PhD in the philosophy of psychology and has contributed to titles including The Irish Times, The Sunday Times Style, Grazia and Vogue. Her writing spans culture, lifestyle and politics.

In Some of Our Parts, Kennedy explores the complexity of identity labels through memoir with warmth, insight and signature humour, considering how we might figure out who the hell we are in a world so eager to tell us.

Summary

A memoir explored through a life in labels inherited, accrued and cast off, Some of Our Parts considers the power in reclaiming our own story and challenges readers to question how we define ourselves in a world that is so ready to decide for us.

Foreword

IRISH. NEURODIVERSE. WHITE. FEMALE. WORKING CLASS. PHILOSOPHER. HOUSE-PLANT ENTHUSIAST.

Exploring the complexity of identity labels through memoir with warmth, insight and signature humour, considering how we might figure out who the hell we are in a world so eager to tell us.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Kennedy
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2024
• EAN: 9781804186770
• ISBN: 978-1-80418-677-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 352 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Political Correctness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity