- Mama Dearest
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Mama Dearest Author(s) E. Lynn Harris Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fiction Publisher Karen Hunter Publication date September 22, 2009 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages 400 pp ISBN 978-1439158906 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22 LC Classification PS3558.A64438 M36 2009 Preceded by Basketball Jones A New York Times Bestselling[1] novel by the late E. Lynn Harris. This was the last novel published by the author who died just months before its release.
Contents
The Author
Main article: E. Lynn HarrisSynopsis
Mama Dearest depics the return of the diva actress Yancey Harrington Braxton and her con artist of a mother, Ava Middlebrooks, from some Harris' early works.
Yancey and Ava both are trying to fight their way back to the lives they are so accustomed to living. Having just been released from prison, Ava is looking for the easy back to her next royalty status and the finer things in life that come along with it. While Yancey is fighting her way back to her celebrity status as a Broadway star and recording artist. Both are willing to do so much to get back what they had.
Tribute Tour
Upon the release of this novel, several friends and authors came together to perform a tribute tour in Harris's honor. Eric Jerome Dickey, RM Johnson, Tracie Howard, Tina McElroy Ansa, Clarence Nero, and Laura Gilmore hosted the release event on September 22, 2009 at Outwrite Book in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] Other events where hosted on September 25, 2009 in New York, NY; Dallas, Texas, and other cities around the United States by authors such as Dr. Bertice Berry, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Mary B. Morrison and more.
References
Categories:- American novels
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