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Playing my mother's blues
By Wesley, Valerie Wilson
- ISBN
- 978-0-06018-882-5
- Publisher
- New York : William Morrow, c2005.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2005
Adult/High School Wesley is in high form in this contemporary story about mother-daughter relationships in an African-American family. When she was in her 30s, Mariah had an affair that led to her leaving her husband and two daughters. Several months later, she shot her lover and spent time in prison for his murder. Now Rose and Dani are grown, and she has just read of her ex-husband's death. Desperate to make peace with her children after all these years, she makes plans to attend the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
