In this searing and ultimately uplifting memoir, Lambda Literary Nonfiction Fellow Nikkya Hargrove describes how she-fresh out of college, Black, and queer-adopted her baby brother after their often incarcerated mother died, and how she was determined to create the kind of family she never had.
"A rare and timely parenting memoir by a queer Black mother, Mama follows the impact of incarceration on a family, exploring the generational trauma and pulling back the curtain on the foster care system"--
