Mama Used To Say

By LaMario D. Garrett

This book is dedicated to our grandmother, Ethel Mae Garrett. She was born in the red clay hills of Flat Rock Fayetteville, GA. Her mother a Cherokee Indian and her father who was bi-racial had dreams for their nine children.This was most taxing in the south that was heated with racial prejudice. Despite all of it, our mama, as we called her, marched as a pioneer for the civil rights movement. Her march however, was on the pavements of the hearts of her children, and she left a mark.Her story is no different from that of many others, and so this book is dedicated not only to her but also to all of the grandmothers, the nanas, mamas, grandmas, and big mammas or whatever you may call yours all over the world.Without all of you, a lot of us would be lost. Compiled in these pages are the poems and short stories that are the markings of our mother's influence on my life; these are the things that she said. "God could not be everywhere so, he created GRANDMOTHERS."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449513360
• ISBN13: 9781449513368
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.3"