{"product_id":"from-the-ashes-the-fire-this-time-paperback","title":"From the Ashes: The Fire This Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis III Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born into a world already on fire-North Philadelphia heat, church-pew hymns, schoolhouse judgments, and the quiet blaze of a boy trying to become whole in a country that rarely makes room for his full humanity. I learned early how to wear confidence like armor. How to survive the Veil. How to keep moving even when shame tried to name me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Ashes: The Fire This Time is not a story about perfection-it's a story about return. Return to the sacred grounding of a grandmother's discipline and love. Return to lineage-HBCU footsteps and ancestral memory. Return to Black love that refuses to hide. Return to a self no longer performed for approval but claimed in truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraiding Baldwin's fire, Du Bois's veil, and Akbar's African-centered call to know thyself, Lewis Thomas III offers a memoir that reads like a testimony and a map. With lyrical honesty and unflinching tenderness, he invites readers into the heat where identity is forged, where community becomes salvation, and where radical healing is not a destination but a practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has ever been misseen, mislabeled, or made to doubt their worth: this book is a reminder-you have always been worthy of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972571955507,"sku":"9798897896110","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/frpt78B1599798897896110.webp?v=1794430407","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/from-the-ashes-the-fire-this-time-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}