Listen Mama
by M.S.P. Williams
Pub Date 01 Jan 2021
Souls Take Flight, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
Biographies & Memoirs | New Adult | Teens & YA
I am reviewing a copy of Listen Mama through Souls Take Flight, Independent Book Publishers Association and Netgalley:
Told through a series of heart-breaking and poignant letters, come explore the 20-year journey of a child longing for the love of his mentally ill mother while facing seemingly insurmountable odds.
In Listen Mama we witness Manny's transformation in this coming of age story of a forgotten and disfigured child, born into spirit-crushing poverty in Houston, Texas, and thrust into adulthood all too soon. Crying out to the world for understanding and forgiveness, Manny battles the silent and treacherous enemy of mental illness in his mother's often erratic and sometimes terrifying behavior as he ultimately becomes her caretaker and guardian while also parenting his four younger siblings.
If you’re looking for a story of loss, faith, love, and redemption that is guaranteed to bring forth both tears and laughter, heartache and happiness, as it captures your imagination, ignites your soul, and soon has you resisting to pause, breathlessly waiting to discover what happens next, then I highly recommend Listen Mama.
I give Listen Mama five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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