Mama and Me: While I Remember

By: Perry, Brenda Lashawn

Life sometimes delights in irony. It picks you up and puts you down much like the seesaws children play on when young. Mama and Me is a short memoir of 12 stories about Brenda LaShawn Perry growing up in Oklahoma City with her mother, Nova Raye Perry. Brenda, the eldest of three children, compels you with her humor and quirky way of expressing the deep love she has for her mother. Brenda's exuberance was often mistaken for disobedience-which is not to say she was never disobedient Focused on events in the 1960's and 70's, the book includes short stories such as: - Why a child insisted a parent learn to drive - How a needle and thread masterpiece created the best dressed seventh-grader - How a white guitar player inspired a black child - What was a mother's mysterious skill of gift-giving - Proof that a penny saved really is a penny earned - Adventures of a child-alone, at the Oklahoma Historical Society - The experience and cost of raising a courageous, inquisitive child and much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1707017565
• ISBN13: 9781707017560
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"