I havnt written a god book review in a long while. I read this and finished it and it was by far one of the best memoirs I've ever read. Just because it was HER and I love Jennifer Lewis. I've always enjoyed the roles she plays on television and in movies. Usually she's casts as a aunty, or a mother. In reading her book , I see why. I felt so cared for while reading her memoir. As I read The Mother of Black Hollywood, I truly felt as if I were a girl having a deep and meaningful conversation with her mother. Something I have needed for a long time. The biggest reason I was attracted to The Mother Of Black Hollywood is because she tells the story of her being Bi-Polar. Mental health is something I can relate to on a deeplyspiritual level. I've had my personal battles with it. Unfortunately I've never been able to talk to my mother about it. I'm angry about that. I'm starved for my mother's attention. For HER love again. In Jennifer Lewis' memoir she also talks about the relationship she had with her mother. Strained and abusive as it was....Jennifer still loved her mother and still ached for her mother's love and approval. The way she goes about healing herself and loving herself is a journey worth telling, and one I enjoyed reading.
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