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About Listen Mama
Product Description "As dramatic as it is heartbreaking." --Kirkus Reviews"Even though the book has heartbreak, it has happiness and humor. YA readers will love this moving memoir." --ReaderViews, Reviewer's Choice Silver Award"LISTEN MAMA authentically details the sliding scale of hopes and frustration." --IndieReader, Starred review"Warmly likable man doing his utmost to struggle through more tragedy and bad luck than any human being should be handed." –BookLife Reviews"Young adult (and many an adult) readers will find LISTEN MAMA a thoroughly absorbing story." --Midwest Book Review"A devastating coming-of-age memoir about the impact of a mother's mental illness on her son." --Clarion Foreword ReviewsThrough a series of letters at times heart-breaking, poetic, and unexpectedly humorous, come explore this true teen and young adult journey of a lost soul searching for the love of his mentally ill mother. While facing seemingly insurmountable odds, Manny ultimately becomes her caretaker and guardian while also parenting his four younger siblings in 1990’s Houston, Texas.Witness his transformation in this coming-of-age story of a forgotten and disfigured black child, born into spirit-crushing poverty, and thrust into adult life all too soon. Manny’s teen years are spent battling the silent and treacherous enemy of mental illness in his mother's erratic and terrifying behavior. Years of bullying and abuse finally take their toll, and Manny soon finds himself at war with his own demons of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts as he struggles to find his place in the world, and the true meaning of unconditional love.Experience this inspirational 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 racing from page to page, breathlessly waiting to discover what happens next… Review "As dramatic as it is heartbreaking." --Kirkus Reviews "Even though the book has heartbreak, it has happiness and humor. YA readers will love this moving memoir." --ReaderViews, Reviewer's Choice Silver Award"LISTEN MAMA authentically details the sliding scale of hopes and frustration." --IndieReader, Starred review"Warmly likable man doing his utmost to struggle through more tragedy and bad luck than any human being should be handed." -BookLife Reviews"Young adult (and many an adult) readers will find LISTEN MAMA a thoroughly absorbing story." --Midwest Book Review"A devastating coming-of-age memoir about the impact of a mother's mental illness on her son." --Clarion Foreword Reviews About the Author M.S.P. Williams was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of The University of Houston with a B.S. degree in Political Science. He relocated to the West Coast with his wife in 2013 where they share a combined love of travel, movies, sports, and doing their small part to make the world a much better place.
