Mama's Girl
An important young African-American writer debuts in this moving, bracingly honest mother-daughter memoir of the post-Civil Rights generation. Chambers' account of her relationship with her mother brings to life all the promise, conflict, and unanswered questions that accompany this time: how to...
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An important young African-American writer debuts in this moving, bracingly honest mother-daughter memoir of the post-Civil Rights generation. Chambers' account of her relationship with her mother brings to life all the promise, conflict, and unanswered questions that accompany this time: how to navigate the gulf between a mother's hopes and a daughter's ambitions; how to leave the inner city without leaving behind the ones you love; and how to accept what you've been given when you want more than your mother can give.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781573225991 (1573225991)
Publish date: May 1st 1997
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English