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Mama by Terry Mcmillan
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. Not since Alice Walker's The Color Purple has a black woman's story been portrayed with such rich power, honesty, and love.Terry McMillan is the author of Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, and The Interruption of Everything, as well as the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction, and the editor of Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction. Waiting to Exhale (Twentieth Century Fox, 1995); How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Twentieth Century Fox, 1998); Disappearing Acts (HBO Films, 1999); and A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime, 2014) are McMillan's previous seven novels, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. She currently resides in California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780451216717 |
| ISBN 10 | 0451216717 |
| Title | Mama |
| Author | Terry Mcmillan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2005-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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