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Mama

by Terry McMillan

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Paperback

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BOOK DETAILS

Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: Jan.01.1987
ISBN: 9780451216717
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin Co., NAL Trade, Pocket Books

Terry gives an overview of the book:

Mildred Peacock is the touch, 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. Not since Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has a black woman’s story been portrayed with such rich power, honesty, and love.

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Mildred Peacock is the touch, 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. Not since Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has a black woman’s story been portrayed with such rich power, honesty, and love.

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About Terry

Terry McMillan, who was born in Port Huron, Michigan, is an African-American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1986 from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work is...

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Published Reviews

Nov.18.2007

Someone to Walk Over Me

Published by The New York Times

Ms. McMillan's first novel, Mama, was original in concept and style, a runaway narrative pulling a crowded cast of funny, earthy characters. Disappearing Acts is also full of momentum, and...

Dec.13.2007

Hustling for Dignity

Published by The New York Times

Talk about timing! With relations between African-American men and women in the spotlight as never before, here comes McMillan’s report from the front: her bawdy, vibrant, deliciously readable third novel...