Momma, Nina Foxx
Momma, Nina Foxx
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Momma
Gone

Author: Nina Foxx

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2019


Synopsis

Shortlisted for a Doctorow Award in Innovative Fiction

"Momma set me on the jukebox."

So begins the personal story of Denise (Sweetie) Wooten, set between a post–civil rights era New York City and a growing but stale rural Alabama. We are thrust in the midst of a family longing for normalcy, but instead struggling with illness and all that comes with it—denial, anger, misunderstanding, and love. As cultures clash, we see the family through a child's eyes and walk with her as she makes sense of war fought far away, but with effects close to home, and a tragedy that changes her life forever. More truth than not, Momma: Gone is a classic American story of overcoming life's misfortunes to find the bloom on the other side.


About Nina Foxx

Nina Foxx is an award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and novelist. She writes as both Nina Foxx and Cynnamon Foster. Her work has appeared on numerous bestseller lists around the country, and her films have won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes, and the Rome International Film Festival. Originally from Jamaica, New York, she lives with her family near Seattle, Washington, where she works in human-computer interaction for a major software company.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dynah

A bridge to nowhere I’m sorry but this book had a lot of missing information. The plot was full of holes. The author explained a lot in the authors note at the end of the book but I wish she would have been more detailed in the storyline. I believe that was apart of the reason it took me so long to......more

Goodreads review by Jackie

Memories of buried feelings This memoir resonated with me in many ways. From growing up with my father, to dealing with the illness of my mother. Thank you for helping me realize many of my forgotten memories are simply because I ways doing whatever was needed to survive the day while walking through......more

An look inside of losing your mother at am early age to cancer and how your father copes and moves on. It touches on grandmothers and their importance in your child's upbringing. How to keep watch over family members because they'll prey on your children and the resentment people will hold against y......more

Goodreads review by Idrissa

Amazing.... This story was just amazing. The author took me places that I did not want to go. I was so sad for Sweetie and her brother. I was sad for her father too. Losing a mother is so hard on a family. Nina Fox did an amazing job of showing how much. She didn't just tell the story, she showed how......more