Mama's Girl

By Chambers, Veronica

Publishers Summary:
Chambers, an editor at Glamour, writes about the aftermath of the violent and explosive divorce between her Caribbean-born parents that tore her family apart. Chambers swore allegiance to her mother even though the anger her mother had accumulated from a destructive marriage and her frustration at her inability to move beyond a secretarial job was aimed mostly at Chambers. The author also suffered abuse at the hands of her father, stepfather and a stepmother. But instead of giving up, Chambers concentrated her energies on academics and making a better life for herself. Her compelling story is a testament to will, self-respect and the ability to forgive.

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ISBN
978-1-57322-030-9
Publisher
Riverhead Hardcover


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Reviewed on July 1, 1996

Chambers, a contributing editor to Glamour magazine, presents an honest, open, and ultimately warm memoir of her relationship with her mother and of growing up African American in Brooklyn in the post-Civil Rights Seventies. The author reveals the harsh realities of her parents' and stepparents' physically and emotionally abusive b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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