Stephanie S. reviewed on 7/21/2009 + 168 more book reviews

I absolutely loved this book. The writing style was superb, and the story was wonderful--inspiring, emotional, delightful, touching, all the more for being true.

The format was excellent also....he alternated revealing his mother's sad and cold upbringing with tales of his own growing up under her stern and watchful care as one of 12 children! I loved that he calls her "Mommy" throughout the book, even as a grown man. I loved the recurring description of "Mommy's madwalk"--her bow-legged barrelling down a street hell-bent on addressing a slight.

By the end of the book, which I couldn't put down and read in virtually one sitting, I'd come to love both the author and his mother.

***** Five stars. Six if only I could.

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