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      • "Mama is extremely funny throughout and at the same time honest about what a good woman will do to push her children higher than she can hope to go...touching and steadfastly unsentimental."--Detroit Free Press "Mama distinguishes itself by its exuberant sensibility...a fine novel."--The New York Times Book Review
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  2. Jan 1, 2001 · Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama , a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together. In Mildred’s world, men come and go as quickly as her paychecks, but her five children are her dream, her hope, and her future.

  3. The explosive novel that introduced the world to #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan. Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama, a survivor who’ll do anything to keep her family together.

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  4. Dec 6, 2005 · Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of Mama, a survivor who'll do anything to keep her family together. In Mildred's world, men come and go as quickly as her paychecks, but her five children are her dream, her hope, and her future.

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  5. Mama presents the social, communal, psychological, and individual story of Mildred Peacock and her struggles to achieve a satisfying life for herself and her children. Mildred is a resident of...

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    • Paula by Isabel Allende: A memoir from the celebrated Chilean-American writer about the experience of taking care of her adult daughter Paula, who fell into a coma.
    • Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou: The author’s seventh and final autobiography focusing, as the title suggests, on her fractured relationship with her mother who abandoned her as a small child then came back into her life a decade later.
    • Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson: This novel weaves together the story of Ruby Lennox, a middle class English girl, with flashbacks featuring six generations of women from her family.
  6. Mar 8, 2024 · Oprah’s 104th Book Club pick, The Many Lives of Mama Love, is a harrowing—and surprisingly funny—story of one mother’s journey through the American opiate crisis and the carceral system. This book is jam-packed with so much wisdom, you’ll be tempted to highlight every sentence.

  7. Aug 1, 2023 · New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.

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