Mama -- Terry McMillan

<b>The explosive novel that introduced the world to #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Terry McMillan.</b> <p/>Mildred Peacock is the tough, funny, feisty heroine of <i>Mama</i>, 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 <i>The Color Purple</i> has a black woman's story been portrayed with such rich power, honesty, and love.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Terry McMillan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 12/01/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 352<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.67lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.92h x 5.48w x 0.81d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780451216717<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Terry McMillan</b> is the award-winning, critically acclaimed #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Waiting to Exhale</i>, <i>Getting to Happy</i>, <i>How Stella Got Her Groove Back</i>, <i>A Day Late and a Dollar Short</i>, <i>The Interruption of Everything</i>, <i>Who Asked You?</i>, <i>Mama</i>, <i>Disappearing Acts</i>, <i>I Almost Forgot About You</i>, <i>It's Not All Downhill From Here</i>, and the editor of <i>Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction</i>. She lives in California.</p>