Mama's Girl

An important young African-American writer debuts in this moving, bracingly honest mother-daughter memoir of the post-Civil Rights generation. Chambers' account of her relationship with her mother brings to life all the promise, conflict, and unanswered questions that accompany this time: how to navigate the gulf between a mother's hopes and a daughter's ambitions; how to leave the inner city without leaving behind the ones you love; and how to accept what you've been given when you want more than your mother can give.