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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Review: This book is one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It was uplifting and true of all peoples. Mama gave me hope as a woman and strength to see things the way they are with the encouragement to make them better. Every woman, no matter what her background and beliefs, should read this book
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Summary: All About Struggles
Review: This book shows the exact struggles many single, female parents go through to make it day to day, month to month, year to year.
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Summary: It WaS dA bOmB
Review: This book was a very detailed and clarified representation of one woman's struggle to keep herself sane during a time where her and her family are dealing with depression,abandonment,and lonliness.Terry McMillan writes this book with such emotion and empathy you can almost feel the pain that the woman is exposed to through the pages of the book.A Must Read!
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Summary: Very unrealistic
Review: This book was very unrealistic. Being from a poverty background I found it not having a very good picture of the struggle. Just because they were poor the mother did not have to go around sleeping with every man in town to get the rent. That is not how it is in the real world. All homes are different but this was not a good portrayal of the african amerian family in poverty.
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Summary: I Loved it!!
Review: This book was wonderful, when they cried, I cried, when they laughted, I laughted!! I read this book in 92' I can still remember most of the details. I know that when reading I wanted so most for each of the daughters to accomplish something and at end some did and some didn't. A MUST READ, ENJOY
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Summary: Gritty, Real, Great! That from a white girl...
Review: This is my third Terry McMillan novel and once again, I am a huge fan. Her books are REAL, lively, and full of life's lessons and hurts. And although I am white, this family story resonates in my head as my own. Mama, the mother of five, is a struggling black woman who's lived in near poverty her entire life. She is strong, opinionated, bossy, with a grit that only comes from living life the hard way, but also has the character to 'want a back yard', shine the windows and keep her babies polite, hard workers and knowin' they got some good in this life. All of that while she put up with thier Daddy, a boozer and abuser, who Mildred (Mama) finally cuts loose. The story goes on for a couple of decades, with each of her babies lives opening like a flower. All the while, Mildred is growing and then wilting, on and on... This story is real! NO family has happy or unhappy endings. We are all on a journey that doesn't stop... and Terry McMillan knows how to display this more than any other modern writer I've experienced! Awesome, excellent, terrific!!
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This is the first book I read by Terry Mcmillan and it definitely made me anticipate all the other books that followed. She is one of the best writers ever. If youve read the other books and havent read this one you are definitely missing out!
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Summary: " Exhilarating! Mildred is breathtaking!"
Review: This story is a great view of the african american woman as a mother. Trying to support her four children in Michigan, Mildred goes through all obstacles possible. I recommend this book to all people. You'll enjoy it!
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Summary: Worth Reading to see how others live and how we won't live!
Review: Very spell binding if you have not come from this type of family background. In a previous review of Terry's book it was stated "no emotions". I had so many emotions reading this book. I did not understand why so much profanity. It confirmed to me to be a better mother to my children and to talk to them with respect. This is the second McMillan book I have read (the first Waithing to Exhale). Her books are interesting and a quick spell binding read. Continue to write Terry, to help to broaden our world!
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Summary: Worth Reading to see how others live and how we won't live!
Review: Very spell binding if you have not come from this type of family background. In a previous review of Terry's book it was stated "no emotions". I had so many emotions reading this book. I did not understand why so much profanity. It confirmed to me to be a better mother to my children and to talk to them with respect. This is the second McMillan book I have read (the first Waithing to Exhale). Her books are interesting and a quick spell binding read. Continue to write Terry, to help to broaden our world!
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