Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found by Hargrove, Nikkya
Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found by Hargrove, Nikkya

Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography In this searing and uplifting memoir, a young...
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Author: Nikkya Hargrove
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Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found by Hargrove, Nikkya

Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found

$43.98
Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found by Hargrove, Nikkya

Mama: A Queer Black Woman's Story of a Family Lost and Found

$43.98
Author: Nikkya Hargrove
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography

In this searing and uplifting memoir, a young Black queer woman fresh out of college adopts her baby brother after their incarcerated mother dies, determined to create the kind of family she never had.

Nikkya Hargrove spent a good portion of her childhood in prison visiting rooms. When her mother--addicted to cocaine and just out of prison--had a son and then died only a few months later, Nikkya was faced with an impossible choice. Although she had just graduated from college, she decided to fight for custody of her half brother, Jonathan. And fight she did.

Nikkya vividly recounts how she is subjected to preconceived notions that she, a Black queer young woman, cannot be given such responsibility. Her honest portrayal of the shame she feels accepting food stamps, her family's reaction to her coming out, and the joy she experiences when she meets the woman who will become her wife reveal her sheer determination. And whether she's clashing with Jonathan's biological father or battling for Jonathan's education rights after he's diagnosed with ADHD and autism, this is a woman who won't give up.

Nikkya's moving story picks up where Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy left off, exploring generational trauma and pulling back the curtain on family court and poverty in America. Mama is an ode to motherhood and identity, and to finding strength in family and community, for readers of memoirs by Ashley C. Ford, Natasha Tretheway, and Dawn Turner.


Author: Nikkya Hargrove
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 10/15/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781643751580


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/30/2024
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2024

About the Author

Nikkya Hargrove is a graduate of Bard College and currently serves as a member of the school's Board of Governors and chair of the alumni/ae Diversity Committee. A LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow, she has written about adoption, marriage, motherhood, and the prison system for The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New York Times, Scary Mommy, and Shondaland. She has worked for social impact nonprofits providing support to underserved communities throughout her professional career. She lives in Connecticut with her wife and three children.


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