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Always Wear Joy : My Mother Bold and Beautiful by Susan Fales-Hill (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060523565

ISBN-139780060523565

eBay Product ID (ePID)2299615

Product Key Features

Book TitleAlways Wear Joy : My Mother Bold and Beautiful

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Individual Artists / General, Fashion & Accessories, Parenting / Motherhood, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Artists, Architects, Photographers

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships, Design, Art, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorSusan Fales-Hill

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-032886

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsA daughter's ode to her mother who showed her 'infinity instead of . . .limitations.' This is no Mommie Dearest., A moving tribute from a daughter to a mother [and] a book about the undefeatable spirit of black women everywhere., "Moving and beautifully rendered." -- Town & Country "A distinguished memoir as well as an important contribution to black cultural history." -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred) "At last, at last a memoir by a daughter who appreciates and loves her mother, at last." -- Bill Cosby "[An] extraordinary story." -- Essence "A daughter's ode to her mother who showed her 'infinity instead of . . .limitations.' This is no Mommie Dearest." -- Andre Leon Talley, Vogue "A daughter's ode to her mother who showed her 'infinity instead of . . .limitations.' This is no Mommie Dearest." -- Vogue "This love-filled, uplifting book will gladden your heart, moisten your eyes, and leave you smiling at the end." -- Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming: A Memoir "A moving tribute from a daughter to a mother [and] a book about the undefeatable spirit of black women everywhere." -- E. Lynn Harris, This love-filled, uplifting book will gladden your heart, moisten your eyes, and leave you smiling at the end.

Dewey Decimal974.7/10049697294

SynopsisGrowing up with a black, Auntie Mame -- like mother who performed with the likes of Lena Horne and Alvin Ailey, and a WASP seafaring father, Susan Fales-Hill thought nothing of watching her mother, Josephine Premice, perform in an acclaimed Broadway musical one moment and fleeing to Faleton, her grandparents' summer estate, the next. But it was from her mother -- a woman who was dressed by Givenchy and sculpted by Alexander Calder, yet rejected by many a casting agent for her "dark," unconventional looks -- that Susan drew inspiration, particularly when she faced challenges in her own career as a television writer in Hollywood, a town that wasn't always receptive to positive images of people of color. As a result, the two developed a bond that mothers and daughters everywhere will find inspiring. Dazzling in their public lives and emotionally vulnerable in their private lives, there is not a person in this touching and, at times, funny family memoir that the reader will soon forget.

LC Classification NumberF128.9.A1F35 2002