num_pages: 256
description: One of Oprah Daily 's Best Fall Nonfiction Books of 2022An empowering unabashedly bold memoir by the Atlantic journalist and former ESPN SportsCenter coanchor about overcoming a legacy of pain and forging a new path no matter how uphill lifes battles might be.Jemele Hills world came crashing down when she called President Trump a white supremacist; the White House wanted her fired from ESPN and she was deluged with death threats. But Hill had faced tougher adversaries growing up in Detroit than a tweeting president. Beneath the exterior of one of the most recognizable journalists in America was a needa callingto break her familys cycle of intergenerational trauma.Born in the middle of a lively routine Friday night Monopoly game to a teen mother and a heroin-addicted father Hill constantly adjusted to the harsh realities of not only her own childhood but the inherited generational pain of her mother and grandmother. Her escape was writing.Hills mother was less than impressed with the brassy and bold free expression of her diary but Hill never stopped discovering and amplifying her voice. Through hard work and a constant willingness to learn Hill rose from newspaper reporter to columnist to new heights as the coanchor for ESPNs revered SportsCenter . Soon she earned respect and support for her fearless opinions and unshakable confidence as well as a reputation as a trusted journalist who speaks her mind with truth and conviction.In Jemele Hills journey Uphill  she shares the whole story of her work the women of her family and her complicated relationship with God in an unapologetic character-rich and eloquent memoir.
language: English
title: Uphill: A Memoir
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.