His dying mother's insistence leads an eleven-year-old black child to be raised by his disabled uncle, in the swamps of the Mississippi Delta in the early 1900s

Illustrating the myriad ways that mothers provide for their children—piloting airplanes, washing floors, or dancing at a strip club—this book is the first t

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After Papa's death, Mama and her five children can barely make ends meet, yet she still finds the time to embroider a special dress for Yvette's graduation.