{"product_id":"the-mama-chronicles-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"The Mama Chronicles: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeresa Nicholas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Life Writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the Delta town of Yazoo City, Mississippi, Teresa Nicholas believed that she and her country-born and -bred mother weren't close. She knew little of her mother's early life as a sharecropper during the Great Depression, but whenever she brought up the subject, her taciturn mother would snap, \"You ask too many questions, young'un.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nicholas left Mississippi to attend college, then settled in New York to work in the hard-driving world of commercial book publishing. Twenty-five years later, eager for a change, she and her husband decided to shift careers to writing, trading their home in the New York suburbs for a casita in the Mexican Highlands. But as her mother's health deteriorated, Nicholas found herself spending more time in the small town she thought she had left behind. Over long afternoons in front of Turner Classic Movies, she grew closer to her mother, coaxing stories from her about her hardscrabble past--until a major stroke threatened to silence her mother's newfound voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Torn between her new home in Mexico and her old home in Mississippi, Nicholas struggled to find her place in the world. She discovered that the past isn't always the way we remember it, and as the years ticked by, that she and her mother could grow closer still. \u003ci\u003eThe Mama Chronicles: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and poignant account of a mother-daughter relationship and, ultimately, a meditation on acceptance and what it means to call a place home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresa Nicholas\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer. For twenty-five years, she worked for Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, most recently as vice president of production. She has contributed articles and essays to \u003ci\u003eDelta Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Bitter Southerner\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR's \u003ci\u003eOpinion Page\u003c\/i\u003e and has been a travel writer for Fodor's in Mexico and Guatemala. She is author of \u003ci\u003eBuryin' Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillie: The Life of Willie Morris\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186284151033,"sku":"9781496835253","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TEFvaDZRQTNpcUllbDQyM1JlNkdGZz09.webp?v=1767834374","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-mama-chronicles-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}